Cultural Origins of East Asian Cooperation

Author: Li Wen
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is the final research outcome of the study project "The Ideological and Cultural Foundations of East Asian Cooperation" established by the Institute of Regional Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, chaired by Professor Zhang Yuling, Director of the institute. As a specialized academic work that explores the process and prospects of East Asian cooperation from the perspective of ideology and culture, The Cultural Origins of East Asian Cooperation systematically and deeply examines the formation, disintegration, and regeneration of the East Asian cultural sphere. It reveals the intrinsic links between the East Asian cultural sphere and the East Asian economic sphere, as well as the positive and limiting roles of ideological and cultural factors after World War II in the regionalization of East Asia and East Asian cooperation. The book also summarizes, looks ahead to, and predicts the significance, content, and formation of the East Asian cultural revival in the 21st century. The book consists of ten chapters:
Chapter 1: The Cultural Foundations and Guiding Ideals of East Asian Cooperation;
Chapter 2: Lifestyle Culture and the Chopstick Culture Circle;
Chapter 3: Language and Characters and the Hanzi Culture Circle;
Chapter 4: Religious Beliefs and the Confucian Culture Circle;
Chapter 5: Ancient China's Concept of Huayi Order;
Chapter 6: Modern Japan's "Asianism";
Chapter 7: Modernization and the Enhancement of Cultural Commonalities;
Chapter 8: The Formation of East Asian Regional Consciousness;
Chapter 9: East Asian Cultural Revival.