Social Theory In Contemporary Asia (routledge Studies In Social And Political Thought)
by Ann Brooks /
2010 / English / PDF
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Philosophical debates around individualization and the
implications for intimacy, reflexivity and identity have occupied
a central part of social and cultural theorizing in the West in
the last decade. In fact, late modernity has become conspicuously
engaged with issues of intimacy, reflexivity and identity. The
author analyses the relevance of these debates in the context of
contemporary Asia and combines an analysis of significant social
theorists including Beck, Giddens, Bourdieu, McNay, Adkins, and
Ong with an application of these debates to social, political and
cultural contexts. Drawing on empirical research, case studies,
global reports, media and academic literature, the book provides
a relevant, wide-ranging and contemporary analysis of the debates
on Asian culture and society.
Philosophical debates around individualization and the
implications for intimacy, reflexivity and identity have occupied
a central part of social and cultural theorizing in the West in
the last decade. In fact, late modernity has become conspicuously
engaged with issues of intimacy, reflexivity and identity. The
author analyses the relevance of these debates in the context of
contemporary Asia and combines an analysis of significant social
theorists including Beck, Giddens, Bourdieu, McNay, Adkins, and
Ong with an application of these debates to social, political and
cultural contexts. Drawing on empirical research, case studies,
global reports, media and academic literature, the book provides
a relevant, wide-ranging and contemporary analysis of the debates
on Asian culture and society.
In the Foreword to the book Bryan Turner comments:
In the Foreword to the book Bryan Turner comments:
‘Professor Brooks shows consequently that the intimate and
emotional cultures that have been described by Anthony Giddens
and Ulrich Beck with respect to the West have not arrived in Asia
or at least that they have not become visible and permanent
aspects of the social landscape.’
‘Professor Brooks shows consequently that the intimate and
emotional cultures that have been described by Anthony Giddens
and Ulrich Beck with respect to the West have not arrived in Asia
or at least that they have not become visible and permanent
aspects of the social landscape.’
