TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kelly,David
AU  - Reid,Anthony
TI  - Asian freedoms: the idea of freedom in East and Southeast Asia 
T2  - Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies
SN  - 052162035X
AV  - JC571 .A76 1998
U1  - 323.44095 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Freedom - a Eurasian mosaic / David Kelly -- Buddhism and freedom / Ian Mabbett -- Freedom and freehold : space, people and state simplification in Southeast Asia / James C. Scott -- China and freedom / W.J.F. Jenner -- The Chinese search for freedom as a universal value / David Kelly -- Freedom and the family : gendering Meiji political thought / Vera Mackie -- Merdeka : the concept of freedom in the making of modern Siam / Thanet Aphornsuvan -- The idea of freedom in Burma and the political thought of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi / Josef Silverstein -- Freedom and elite political theory in Vietnam before the French / Alexander Woodside
N2  - Inspired (and goaded) by Orlando Patterson's theory of freedom as a particularly western outgrowth of classical slavery, this book argues that authentic conceptions of freedom are found throughout the Asian region, where they have emerged in complex ways from local institutions and practices. A prestigious group of contributors explores these adaptations and aternative genealogies of freedom from historical, religious, political and ideological perspectives. This timely book will make an important contribution to our understanding of Asian politics and culture, particularly in the light of the politically sensitive 'Asian values' debate
ER  -