The Asian Renaissance: Reclaiming Centrality

• Main Author: Lin, Ling
• Other Authors: Falkenheim, Victor
• Language: en_ca
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: East Asia; Samagri; Renaissance; Economy; Ideology; 0501; 0422; 0615; 0332
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24261

With Asia’s (inclusive of Southeast Asia) re-emergence on the world stage, its civilization origins have become a subject of intense study. Three main value systems define Asian civilization—Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Asians will derive inspiration from the past for the future, a similar phase the West underwent as it emerged from the medieval ages; hence the word 'renaissance' has been applied to Asia's re-emergence. Rediscovery of these heritages is a crucial part of the Asian renaissance. My thesis will expound the economic resurgence of the Asian nations, the emergence of Asian regional institutions and the emergence of an Asian ideology—Samagri.