{"product_id":"religion-and-orientalism-in-asian-kiri-paramore-9781474289733","title":"Religion and Orientalism in Asian Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligion and Orientalism in Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e analyses the role of religion in past and present understandings of Asia. Religion, and the history of its study in the modern academy, has exercised massive influence over Asian Studies fields in the past century. Asian Studies has in turn affected, and is increasingly shaping, the study of religion. \u003ci\u003eReligion and Orientalism in Asian Studies \u003c\/i\u003elooks into this symbiotic relationship - both in current practice, and in the modern histories of both Orientalism and Area Studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each chapter of the book deals with one regional sub-discipline in Asian Studies, covering Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and Central Eurasian Studies. The chapters are integrated by shared themes that run through the past and present practice of Asian Studies, covering the role of state actors in originating Area Studies, the role of local scholarship in defining and developing it, the interaction between humanities and social science approaches, debates over the dominance of Western and\/or modern categories and frameworks, the interaction of past and present and the role of religious actors and religious sensibilities in shaping Asian Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kiri Paramore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474289738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474289733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017","brand":"Kiri Paramore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579752661247,"sku":"9781474289733","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30a7bdbb-fb5a-487b-a1d0-b3fb02f54815.jpg?v=1763876406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religion-and-orientalism-in-asian-kiri-paramore-9781474289733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}