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The idea of freedom in Asia and Africa /

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The idea of freedom in Asia and Africa /

[Book]

edited by Robert H. Taylor.

Stanford, Calif. :

Stanford University Press,

2002.

xii, 329 pages ;

24 cm.

The making of modern freedom

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Itineraries of ideas of freedom in Africa : precolonial to postcolonial / Crawford Young -- African states and the search for freedom / William J. Foltz -- Developmentalism, revolution, and freedom in the Arab East : the cases of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq / James L. Gelvin -- Ideas of freedom in modern India / Sudipta Kaviraj -- Freedom in Burma and Thailand : inside or outside the state? / Robert H. Taylor -- Reverberations of freedom in the Philippines and Vietnam / Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet -- Japan : state, society, and collective goods versus the individual / Sheldon Garon -- Redefinitions of freedom in China / Andrew J. Nathan.

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Less a history of ideas in Africa and Asia than an attempt to assess how ideas have affected history, eight essays by North American academics (and one Indian living in London) are presented by Taylor (emeritus, politics, U. of Buckingham, UK). The contributors come to the topic from the perspective of freedom as a singularly Western concept that was imported into Asia and Africa and then melded with traditional concepts in "unexpected" ways. With chapters on Africa, the Arab East, India, Burma, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China, the discussion often begins in the post-colonial period and fails to account for the machinations of former colonial powers in propping up state elites with tenuous grasps of the concept of "freedom." Some of the discussions, particularly the chapter on India, are more nuanced. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Imperialism.

National liberation movements-- Africa.

National liberation movements-- Asia.

Nationalism-- Africa-- History-- 20th century.

Nationalism-- Asia-- History-- 20th century.

08.45 political philosophy.

08.45 political philosophy.

Begriff

Begriff.

Freiheit

Freiheit.

Imperialism.

Impérialisme.

Mouvements de libération nationale-- Afrique.

Mouvements de libération nationale-- Asie.

National liberation movements.

Nationalism.

Nationalisme-- Afrique-- 20e siècle.

Nationalisme-- Asie-- 20e siècle.

Nationalismus

Nationalismus.

Unabhängigkeitsbewegung

Unabhängigkeitsbewegung.

Vrijheid.

Developing countries.

Developing countries.

Africa.

Afrika

Afrika.

Asia.

Asien

Asien.

Developing countries.

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