SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia articles from October 1999

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia archives from October 1999

Introduction.
October 1, 1999... Confucian Values The debate about Asian values was a consequence of the rise of Southeast Asian economies. Japan, and later Korea, had initiated an interest in the economic consequences of the so-called Confucian ethic. By this, people...

Is Communitarianism Uniquely Asian? A Filipino's Perspective.
October 1, 1999... It is often claimed that the heavy influence of Western individualism is at the heart of the Philippines' many problems. Filipinos should therefore return to the Asian value of community-orientedness. This article questions whether there is in...

"Asian Values", Singapore, and the Third Way: Re-Working Individualism and Collectivism.
October 1, 1999... This paper argues that we should not take at face value the differences between "East" and "West" when we interpret the Singapore Government's usage of the "Asian values" discourse. Instead, it would be better to look at the values raised in...

A Nation in Distress: Human Rights, Authoritarianism, and Asian Values in Malaysia.
October 1, 1999... This paper discusses the relevance of the "Asian values" debate for Malaysia. It argues that "Asian values" is not a useful notion for understanding Malaysia's attempts to modernize itself. In fact, this debate acts as a distraction and...

Asian Values in Indonesia? National and Regional Identities.
October 1, 1999... Indonesia has not been involved to a marked degree in the "Asian values" debate. The major reasons behind this can be found in the nature of that debate: it is concerned with issues of identity, citizenship, and cultural engineering. All three...

Joining Values Debate: The Peculiar Case of Thailand.
October 1, 1999... This article discusses the relationship between the "Asian values" debate and democratic development in Thailand. Although there are beliefs and practices that could be identified as "Thai values" -- which share common features with other Asian...

Islam and Identity in Eastern Indonesia.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1999... Islam and Identity in Eastern Indonesia. By Michael Hitchcock. Hull: University of Hull Press, 1996. 208 pp. Located on the north coast of eastern Sumbawa, Bima has played an instrumental part in the cultural history of eastern Indonesia....

Dance of Life: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1999... Dance of Life: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia. By Craig A. Lockard. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 1998. 390 pp. This book focuses on the social context of popular music in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand,...

In Praise of Prambanan: Dutch Essays on the Loro Jonggrang Temple Complex.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1999... In Praise of Prambanan: Dutch Essays on the Loro Jonggrang Temple Complex. Edited by Roy E. Jordaan. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1996. 259 pp. This collection of essays deals with the monumental complex of Candi Prambanan, located in Central Java....

War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and Aids in Southeast Asia.(Brief Article)
October 1, 1999... War in the Blood: Sex, Politics and Aids in Southeast Asia. By Chris Beyrer. London: Zed Books, 1998. 246 pp. An American epidemiologist, lecturing at the School of Hygiene and Public Health at John Hopkins University, Chris Beyrer, has...

Introduction.
October 1, 1999... Confucian Values The debate about Asian values was a consequence of the rise of Southeast Asian economies. Japan, and later Korea, had initiated an interest in the economic consequences of the so-called Confucian ethic. By this, people...

The Abdication of the Intellectuals: Sociology, Anthropology, and the Asian Values Debate--or, What Everybody Needed to Know about "Asian Values" That Social Scientists Failed to Point Out.
October 1, 1999... The "Asian values" debate preceding the 1997 economic set-backs should be seen not only as a lost opportunity for the critical social sciences, but as a failure of nerve -- even responsibility -- especially among sociologists and...

Is Communitarianism Uniquely Asian? A Filipino's Perspective.
October 1, 1999... It is often claimed that the heavy influence of Western individualism is at the heart of the Philippines' many problems. Filipinos should therefore return to the Asian value of community-orientedness. This article questions whether there is in...

"Asian Values", Singapore, and the Third Way: Re-Working Individualism and Collectivism.
October 1, 1999... This paper argues that we should not take at face value the differences between "East" and "West" when we interpret the Singapore Government's usage of the "Asian values" discourse. Instead, it would be better to look at the values raised in...

A Nation in Distress: Human Rights, Authoritarianism, and Asian Values in Malaysia.
October 1, 1999... This paper discusses the relevance of the "Asian values" debate for Malaysia. It argues that "Asian values" is not a useful notion for understanding Malaysia's attempts to modernize itself. In fact, this debate acts as a distraction and...

Asian Values in Indonesia? National and Regional Identities.
October 1, 1999... Indonesia has not been involved to a marked degree in the "Asian values" debate. The major reasons behind this can be found in the nature of that debate: it is concerned with issues of identity, citizenship, and cultural engineering. All three...