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Civilizations in Embrace : The Spread of Ideas and the Transformation of Power; India and Southeast Asia in the Classical Age / Amitav Acharya.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (110 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789814379731
  • 9789814379748
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48254059 23
LOC classification:
  • DS523.2 .A243 2013
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Debating Indian Influence in Southeast Asia -- 3 “Indianization”, “Localization” or “Convergence”? -- 4 Understanding How and Why Ideas Spread -- 5 “Hellenization” of the Mediterranean compared to “Indianization” of Southeast Asia: Two Paradigms of Cultural Diffusion? -- 6 Final Thoughts -- Photo Section -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This study revisits one of the most extensive examples of the spread of ideas in the history of civilization: the diffusion of Indian religious and political ideas to Southeast Asia before the advent of Islam and European colonialism. Hindu and Buddhist concepts and symbols of kingship and statecraft helped to legitimize Southeast Asian rulers, and transform the political institutions and authority of Southeast Asia. But the process of this diffusion was not accompanied by imperialism, political hegemony, or “colonization” as conventionally understood. This book investigates different explanations of the spread of Indian ideas offered by scholars, including why and how it occurred and what were its key political and institutional outcomes. It challenges the view that strategic competition is a recurring phenomenon when civilizations encounter each other.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Debating Indian Influence in Southeast Asia -- 3 “Indianization”, “Localization” or “Convergence”? -- 4 Understanding How and Why Ideas Spread -- 5 “Hellenization” of the Mediterranean compared to “Indianization” of Southeast Asia: Two Paradigms of Cultural Diffusion? -- 6 Final Thoughts -- Photo Section -- Bibliography -- Index

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This study revisits one of the most extensive examples of the spread of ideas in the history of civilization: the diffusion of Indian religious and political ideas to Southeast Asia before the advent of Islam and European colonialism. Hindu and Buddhist concepts and symbols of kingship and statecraft helped to legitimize Southeast Asian rulers, and transform the political institutions and authority of Southeast Asia. But the process of this diffusion was not accompanied by imperialism, political hegemony, or “colonization” as conventionally understood. This book investigates different explanations of the spread of Indian ideas offered by scholars, including why and how it occurred and what were its key political and institutional outcomes. It challenges the view that strategic competition is a recurring phenomenon when civilizations encounter each other.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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