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Can Asians Think?

by Kishore Mahbubani
Can Asians Think? - Thryft
Can Asians Think?
Can Asians Think? - Thryft

Unique perspective on Asian/Western relations.

A recommended read for anyone interested in gaining insights on the changing role and importance of the United Nations, particularly through the lens of an Asian perspective. Mahbubani's firsthand experience as the Singapore Ambassador to the United Nations and his provocative collection of essays offer a fresh look at the ever-changing role of the United Nations. His two new essays shed light on the relationship between the permanent 5 and elected 10 members of the security council and the fragile US-UN relationship.

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
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ISBN: 9789812327895
Authors: Kishore Mahbubani
Publisher: Times Editions
Date of Publication: 2004-02-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Sociology, Politics, History
Related Topics: History, Politics, History, Sociology, Political Science, Society, History, Politics, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.76
(rated by 339 readers)

Description

Asia's societies were more culturally and economically advanced than Europe's at the end of the first millennium. And yet by the nineteenth century the West had leaped so far ahead that even some Asians themselves harbored images of inferiority. Mahbubani's analysis of the past and predictions for the future amount to a wake-up call to Asians and Westerners alike. In diverse pieces such as "The Ten Commandments for Developing Countries" and "The Dangers of Decadence: What the Rest Can Teach the West," he asserts that Westerners are largely unaware of their condescending attitudes and practices toward the East and maintain that outdated worldview at their own peril - Asia's economies are poised to surpass those of Europe and North America within the next fifty years. No one who reads these iconoclastic, unabashed arguments will ever regard East-West relations in the same light.
 

Unique perspective on Asian/Western relations.

A recommended read for anyone interested in gaining insights on the changing role and importance of the United Nations, particularly through the lens of an Asian perspective. Mahbubani's firsthand experience as the Singapore Ambassador to the United Nations and his provocative collection of essays offer a fresh look at the ever-changing role of the United Nations. His two new essays shed light on the relationship between the permanent 5 and elected 10 members of the security council and the fragile US-UN relationship.

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.