Alternative Discourses in Asian Social Science

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Alternative Discourses in Asian Social Science
Author : Syed Farid Alatas
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Publisher : SAGE
Language : English
Release Date : 10 May 2006
ISBN : 0761934405
Pages : 234 pages
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This book situates Asian social sciences in the global context in terms of the perspectives that have evolved and the contributions they have made to the general body of knowledge in the field. More than a mere chronology of key growth points of various social science disciplines in the vast region of Asia and the Pacific, the book focuses on major theoretical problems and issues and offers a critique of various approaches and orientations pursued by scholars worldwide in the investigation of Asian societies and cultures.

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