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Description for Another Asia
Paperback. Series: Oxford India Paperbacks. Num Pages: 260 pages, 8 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
Set against a panoramic background of inter-Asian cultural politics, and drawing on the intersections of the late Meiji period in Japan and the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, Another Asia elaborates on the ideals of Asia catalyzed by the meeting of Rabindranath Tagore and the Japanese art historian and curator Okakura Tenshin in Calcutta in 1902. The book weaves through an intricate tapestry of ideas relating to pan-Asianism, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and friendship, and positions the early modernist tensions of the period within-and against-the spectre of a unified Asia that concealed considerable political differences. The book draws on pan-Asian works such as ... Read more
Set against a panoramic background of inter-Asian cultural politics, and drawing on the intersections of the late Meiji period in Japan and the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, Another Asia elaborates on the ideals of Asia catalyzed by the meeting of Rabindranath Tagore and the Japanese art historian and curator Okakura Tenshin in Calcutta in 1902. The book weaves through an intricate tapestry of ideas relating to pan-Asianism, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and friendship, and positions the early modernist tensions of the period within-and against-the spectre of a unified Asia that concealed considerable political differences. The book draws on pan-Asian works such as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198062813
SKU
V9780198062813
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About Rustom Bharucha
Rustom Bharucha is an independent writer, director, and cultural critic.
Reviews for Another Asia
fascinating reading
Rosinka Chaudhuri, Times Literary Supplement
Rosinka Chaudhuri, Times Literary Supplement