The Gaze of the West and Framings of the East

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Sighting the Terrain

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Shanta Nair-Venugopal

      Pages 3-25

3. Negotiating Territory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Defining Parameters

      • Shanta Nair-Venugopal

      Pages 29-44

   3. Beyond Boundedness: Imagining the Post-colonial Dislocation

      • Ahmad Murad Merican

      Pages 45-59

   4. Easternization: Encroachments in the West

      • Shanta Nair Venugopal, Lim Kim Hui

      Pages 60-76

4. The Gaze of the West

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Representations of Philosophy: The Western Gaze Observed

      • Ahmad Murad Merican

      Pages 79-92

   3. Framings of the East: Rebranding Beliefs and Religions

      • Lim Kim Hui

      Pages 93-106

   4. When Knowledge Invents Boundaries: From Colonial Knowledge to Multiculturalism

      • Shamsul A.B.

      Pages 107-122

   5. Historical Narratives of the Colonized: The Noble Savage of Sarawak

      • Bromeley Philip

      Pages 123-138

   6. The Mutual Gaze: Japan, the West and Management Training

      • Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, Hiromasa Tanaka

      Pages 139-155

   7. Indian Collectivism Revisited: Unpacking the Western Gaze

      • Shamala Paramasivam, Shanta Nair-Venugopal

      Pages 156-169

   8. Framings of the East: The Case of Borneo and the Rungus Community

      • Ong Puay Liu

      Pages 170-183

   9. Interpreting Mosque Architecture in the Twentieth Century: Trapped between Two Worlds

      • Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi

      Pages 184-201

   10. Global Hybrids? ‘Eastern Traditions’ of Health and Wellness in the West

       • Suzanne Newcombe

       Pages 202-217

   11. The Sociology of Gastronomic Decolonization

       • Jean-Pierre Poulain

       Pages 218-232

5. Observations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

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   2. Conclusion

      • Shanta Nair-Venugopal

      Pages 235-250

This volume explores Western attitudes towards the phenomenon of Easternization, drawing upon Eastern perspectives and examining the impact upon contemporary culture to argue that Easternization is another type of globalization.

• community
• culture
• globalization
• philosophy
• religion
• sociology
• Tradition

'This collection of chapters critically interrogates Orientalism by repositioning the 'gaze of the West' from perspectives of the East; drawing from Asia's rich legacy and its experience of Westernization, the chapters are crafted with a distinct 'voice' offering insights and thought-provoking ideas particularly for students and researchers in postcolonial studies.' - Abdul Rahman Embong, Emeritus Professor in Sociology of Development, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

• Institute of Occidental Studies, National University of Malaysia/Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

  Shanta Nair-Venugopal

FRANCESCA BARGIELA-CHIAPPINI University of Nottingham Trent, UK LIM KIM HUI Research Fellow at the Institute of Occidental Studies in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia ONG PUAY LIU Deputy Director of the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia AHMAD MURAD MERICAN Professor of Humanities at the Department of Management and Humanities, Ahmad Murad Merican is a professor of Humanities at the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia SUZANNE NEWCOMBE, Research Officer at Inform, UK SHAMALA PARAMASIVAM Senior Lecturer at the University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia BROMELEY PHILIP Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Language Studies, MARA University of Technology, Malaysia JEAN-PIERRE POULAIN is Senior Research Fellow at Toulouse University, France MOHAMMAD TAJUDDIN BIN HAJI MOHAMAD RASDI Professor at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia A.B. SHAMSUL Professor of Social Anthropology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia HIROMASA TANAKA Professor at Meisei University, Japan.

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