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Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority
Lucian W. Pye
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Description for Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority
Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
In a major new book, Lucian W. Pye reconceptualizes Asian political development as a product of cultural attitudes about power and authority. He contrasts the great traditions of Confucian East Asia with the Southeast Asian cultures and the South Asian traditions of Hinduism and Islam, and explores the national differences within these larger civilizations.
Breaking with modern political theory, Pye believes that power differs profoundly from one culture to another. In Asia the masses of the people are group-oriented and respectful of authority, while their leaders are more concerned with dignity and upholding collective pride than with problem-solving. As ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674049796
SKU
V9780674049796
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About Lucian W. Pye
Lucian W. Pye was Ford Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Mao Tse-Tung: The Man in the Leader.
Reviews for Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority
[A] rich and stimulating analysis which will be the subject of much scholarly debate.
Foreign Affairs
An extremely lucid, informative, and valuable work that meets a long-standing need for a readable and comprehensive view of the methods and cultural foundations of exercising power and authority in Asia.
Choice
Pye’s thesis is that as social psychology cannot ... Read more
Foreign Affairs
An extremely lucid, informative, and valuable work that meets a long-standing need for a readable and comprehensive view of the methods and cultural foundations of exercising power and authority in Asia.
Choice
Pye’s thesis is that as social psychology cannot ... Read more