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088372
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2009.
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This essay provides an interpretation of Sayyid Jam l ad-D n al-Afgh n , a controversial figure in nineteenth-century Islamic political thought. One aspect of this controversy is the tension between "Refutation of the Materialists," Afgh n 's well-known defense of religious orthodoxy, and a short newspaper article entitled "Reply to Renan" that dismisses prophetic religion as dogmatic and intellectually stifling. In this essay I argue that close attention to Afgh n 's theory of civilization helps resolve this apparent contradiction. Afgh n 's interest in Ibn Khald n and the French historian Guizot is well known, but has not been fully explored in the literature. I suggest that understanding Guizot's distinctive approach to the concept of civilization illuminates Afgh n 's writings on the political utility of religion. Afgh n was an ardent anti-imperialist and his goal was to encourage reform in Islamic countries while resisting Western hegemony. He concluded that the tension between prophetic religion and critical thought could help Islamic civilization to flourish.
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108902
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091966
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2009.
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Increasing and intensified political and cultural contact with the West during the colonial era constituted a serious concern for the Siamese elite. On the one hand, the kingdom needed to be modernized with Western-style knowledge and technology in order to survive. On the other hand, adopting Western civilization would lead to the loss of Siamese identity, which the elite wished to retain. They needed to select carefully which knowledge and culture from the West they considered to be 'civilized' and not harmful to their identity and political stability.
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029429
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1st ed.
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London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1969.
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510p.hbk
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004390025
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 007839 | 973/RIB 007839 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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077932
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133887
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2014.
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To transcend the immediate and reach beyond the physical borders has been an ancient trait of the South Asian subcontinent civilisation. The widespread influence of the Vedic-Hindu and Buddhist religions, culture, philosophy and social practices in South-East Asia, Far East and Central Asia is well documented in history. This regional spread was not achieved by means of military conquest or forced homogenisation but rather by peaceful, voluntary absorption of ideas and practices by the local populations of these regions. This transcendence was not to seek a political hegemonic empire but something which made a deeper and long lasting cultural impact far and wide.
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133897
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2014.
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To transcend the immediate and reach beyond the physical borders has been an ancient trait of the South Asian subcontinent civilisation. The widespread influence of the Vedic-Hindu and Buddhist religions, culture, philosophy and social practices in South-East Asia, Far East and Central Asia is well documented in history. This regional spread was not achieved by means of military conquest or forced homogenisation but rather by peaceful, voluntary absorption of ideas and practices by the local populations of these regions. This transcendence was not to seek a political hegemonic empire but something which made a deeper and long lasting cultural impact far and wide.
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060344
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Oct-Dec 2004.
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087058
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2009.
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In 1960, Thomas Schelling warned that.. petty dictators may soon have the ability to startle us out wits with a nuclear explosion somewhere.Although nearly a half-century has passed since Schelling wrote those words, the anxiety which they reflect is undiminished, especially concerning autocratic rulers of rogue states.
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111636
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2012.
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This paper distinguishes and integrates national identity and national image through a deep role analysis. It argues that the meaning of China's rising rests upon the views of those who evaluate China's role playing. This role analysis mediates between international relations and Chinese foreign policy. It also mediates between China watchers and their China. The two dimensions of role-role taking and role making-generate four different discursive approaches to interpreting the rise of China, each in its own way associated with the affects of opportunity and threat. They are "nation state,""civilization,""Tianxia," and "Asianism." In response to the external view on the rise of China, Chinese narrators often take the Tianxia and nation state approaches as components of their conception of national role. These conceptions mediated by role-making and role-taking, evolve into four possible strategic focuses-national interests, imperialism, sovereignty and center-periphery. While this last strategic focus on role-taking has recently attracted enthusiastic response in China, it has been re-appropriated by social science concepts such as soft power and social capital that assume an egoistic role-making China is on the move.
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079836
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056819
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130166
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2014.
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Ever since the dawn of civilization the human beings have the tendency to live in a group, called society, which is generally made up of the people carrying diverse and divergent views and outlooks relating to different aspects of life. To maintain balance in the atmosphere of diverse views and outlooks of the people society requires some sorts of balancing force akin to lever, which plays an important role in maintaining the balance between two forces, weights, etc of a machine or instrument. Buddhism keeping in view the different aspects of human life, prescribed different modes of path or way of life to establish peaceful and equanimous society. Pañcas?la is one of them, the practice of which is important for the smooth functioning of life and also to have social equilibrium.
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046405
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London, Cassell, 2003.
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xii, 626p.
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0304363529
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Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
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| 046466 | 355.02/ARC 046466 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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118747
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2012.
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The academic community is aware of three hypostases of Central Asia-(1) a geographical region; (2) a political entity; and (3) a civilizational expanse-each with its own limits. As a geographical region, Central Asia is limited by "natural borders" (mountains, rivers, the steppe, and the sea); as a political entity, it is contained within the state borders of the new political units; and as a civilizational expanse, it is described as the local peoples' cultural and/or ethnolinguistic community, that is, by civilizational factors.
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ID:
027929
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Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1965.
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x, 546p.
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Studies in the modernization of Japan
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| 000256 | 303.440952/CHA 000256 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
044116
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London, Faber and Fabers, 1967.
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237p. hbk
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| 004711 | 951/GEO 004711 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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118751
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2012.
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This research considers that from a regional perspective, multilateralism can be an effective way to understand great power behavior on the international arena. The way emerging great powers interact with neighboring countries, and the way they work with regional powers has always been one of the best indicators of their future intentions as a great power. This concept proves very useful when examining an emerging power's capacity and attempting to predict its future behavior in the international system. There is tremendous speculation around what kind of China we are going to see in the near future, particularly if China surpasses all other states economically. The objective of this research is to contribute to this question by examining China's use of multilateralism in its near neighborhood, more specifically by examining the form of multilateralism China is using to engage with Central Asia.
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061762
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Apr-Jun 2005.
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126126
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2013.
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The article addresses the deficit in the indigenous, rich historical knowledge of south India. It does this by examining the military and political activities of the Cholas to understand the employment of various supplementary strategies. The article deals with the engagements and battles of the Cholas with other kingdoms of south India, and 'externally' with Sri Lanka. It begins with an exposition of various types of alliances that were an integral part of the military strategy of the time. It also seeks to historically contextualize modern diplomatic developments and explains some issues of indigenous historical knowledge of that period that are of relevance even in the twenty-first century: continued phenomenon of changing alliance system in politics; idea of India as a civilization; composition of the army; and the falsehood of the uncontested theory of the Indian defeat syndrome.
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