Discourses on Asianisation

Asianisation of Asia, the focus of this book,
signifies the synchronous development of Asian
regionalism and regionalisation, in the wake of the
Asian financial crisis of 1997 98. The author probes
the interactive processes of Asianisation from
political, economic, historical and social
perspectives to reveal how an East Asian
identity has been constituted and consolidated at
the expense of its Asian-Pacific counterpart.
The chief objective of this book is to explore the
tension between the political and economic forces of
globalisation on the one hand, and the resurgence of
regional consciousness, or Asianisation, on the
other. Asianisation simultaneously challenges and
follows the tide of globalisation. Although
Asianisation endorses resentment towards the West,
it does not reject globalisation as such. It
attempts to ameliorate the negative effects of the
global economy. Asianisation or Globalisation is
therefore a false opposition. The discourses of
Asianisation articulate 'Asianisation versus
Globalisation', while at the same time it
propagates 'Asianisation via Globalisation'.

Autorentext
TORU OGA is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Japan. He completed his Ph.D in Ideology and Discourse Analysis at the University of Essex, United Kingdom, and was previously Assistant Professor, Kobe University. He is the author of numerous articles on International Relations and Asian studies.

Klappentext
Asianisation of Asia, the focus of this book, signifies the synchronous development of Asian regionalism and regionalisation, in the wake of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98. The author probes the interactive processes of Asianisation from political, economic, historical and social perspectives to reveal how an 'East Asian' identity has been constituted and consolidated at the expense of its 'Asian-Pacific' counterpart. The chief objective of this book is to explore the tension between the political and economic forces of globalisation on the one hand, and the resurgence of regional consciousness, or Asianisation, on the other. Asianisation simultaneously challenges and follows the tide of globalisation. Although Asianisation endorses resentment towards the West, it does not reject globalisation as such. It attempts to ameliorate the negative effects of the global economy. 'Asianisation or Globalisation' is therefore a false opposition. The discourses of Asianisation articulate 'Asianisation versus Globalisation', while at the same time it propagates 'Asianisation via Globalisation'.