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Can Asians Think?

by kishore-mahbubani
$8.90
Can Asians Think?
Can Asians Think?

Provocative inquiry into non-Western intellectualism.

"Can Asians Think?" stands out as a bold challenge to both Western and non-Western readers. It invites those within the comfort of the Western intellectual tradition to step outside and explore diverse Asian viewpoints. For Asian readers, it poses a self-reflective interrogation of their own critical thinking. Kishore Mahbubani's sharp essays penetrate the global discourse on democracy, development, and geopolitics, urging a broader and more inclusive understanding that is as relevant today as it was in the '90s. This book could widen your horizon and is an invitation to question long-held assumptions.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Can Asians Think?

by kishore-mahbubani
$8.90
ISBN: 9789812049681
Authors: kishore-mahbubani
Publisher: Times Books International
Date of Publication: 1998-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics, Sociology, Philosophy
Related Topics: Society, Asia, Politics, Theory, Social Issues, Political Science, History, Sociology
Goodreads rating: 3.77
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This collection of essays provides Asian as well as non-Western perspectives on contemporary issues. They offer Western minds a glimpse of what thinking is like outside the Western mental box. Undoubtedly, the Western mental box, based on Western civilization, is huge. But it is still a finite box. Few Western minds are aware of the existence of non-Western perspectives. This collection of essays will therefore open Western minds to new mental vistas. The question in the title "Can Asians Think?" underlines much of what is found in this diverse collection of essays. For a start, the simple question "Can Asians Think?" has two questions rolled into it. To fellow Asians, the author asks, "Are you sure, my fellow Asians, that you can really think?" Hence, the lead essay asks Asians to ask themselves why, after centuries of backwardness, they have not caught up with Western societies. To Western minds, the author poses the question, "Are you sure, my friends from the West, that Asians cannot think for themselves?" This is the underlying theme of the essays listed in the "Asian values" section. They were written in the early 1990s when the West was in a triumphant mood. The spirit of the times was best captured in Francis Fukuyama's essay "The End of History," whose key theme was that all other societies of the world had no choice but to become replicas of Western liberal democratic societies. Few non
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Provocative inquiry into non-Western intellectualism.

"Can Asians Think?" stands out as a bold challenge to both Western and non-Western readers. It invites those within the comfort of the Western intellectual tradition to step outside and explore diverse Asian viewpoints. For Asian readers, it poses a self-reflective interrogation of their own critical thinking. Kishore Mahbubani's sharp essays penetrate the global discourse on democracy, development, and geopolitics, urging a broader and more inclusive understanding that is as relevant today as it was in the '90s. This book could widen your horizon and is an invitation to question long-held assumptions.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.