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23 janvier 2013
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Chinese empire political ideologies nationalism transnationalism patiotism modernity Russo-Chinese relations foreign relations Asian values moral economy minorities contemporary globalization Asian renaissance capitalist development authoritarian state citizenship Chinese immigration transterritorial identities diasporas multiethnicity media studies approach new migrant migrant elites scholars culturalism social Darwinism racialized identities ethnic diplomacy symbols sexuality Political Science Public Admin. & Development Public Administration Anthropology Area Studies POL054000 JPASujets proches
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Pál Nyíri et al., « Overview », Central European University Press, ID : 10670/1.unq69h
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For over a decade, scholars, universities, and research funding bodies have been debating the usefulness of area studies. Heir to a Western tradition of studying non-Western societies that became systematized as a by-product of colonialism, area studies in the way we know them are a Cold War artifact. Symbolically, their birth can be dated to the 1958 National Defense Education Act that provided funding for producing knowledge on areas of the world important to the United States’ security. Al...