@article{1448878,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Giri, Ananta Kumar, and Wu, Su-chen,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1448878},
      title = {Cross-currents of social theorizing of contemporary Taiwan  : self, culture and society /},
      abstract = {This rich and constructive collection provides English  readers a window to envisage various aspects of social,  cultural, political, and religious development in  contemporary Taiwan. Hsun CHANG, Academia Sinica, Taiwan  This book represents a landmark contribution to the  understanding of social theory as practiced and taught in  Taiwan. [.] This book demonstrates that theory is a living  and dynamic world of ideas and practices and that it is in  the cross[1]currents that really interesting things happen.  Dr. Marcus Bussey, University of the Sunshine Coast,  Australia This collection of original essays provides a  multidisciplinary forum on contemporary Taiwan, covering a  wide range of subjects of profound interest [..] and  representing the diversity of approaches to bring new  understanding to the past and present of Taiwan as a  culture and a society. The collection is a must[1]read book  for students and scholars not only of Taiwan studies but  also of Chinese studies and Asian Studies. Yu-cheng Lee,  Academia Sinica, Taiwan The book presents aspects of  cross-currents of theorizing of self, culture and society  in the contemporary Taiwan. Social theorizing has been  addressed critically, reflectively and creatively by the  philosophical, religious, psychological and literary  traditions of one of the worlds great civilizations  Theorizing is a dynamic movement of self, culture, society  and the world as it is related to our actions, reflections,  meditations to understand the world more meaningfully and  holistically as well as to transform it. But much of social  theorizing in the modern world is primarily Euro-American  and despite the socalled globalization of knowledge, this  condition of one-sided Euro-American valorization of  knowledge and neglect of others continues unabated. There  is very little attention to theorizing about the human  condition emerging from other parts of the world such as  Taiwan and its global implication. This book transforms  this condition by mapping the field of theorizing in a  wider spectrum of philosophy, psychology, religions, social  sciences and humanities in contemporary Taiwan. Ananta  Kumar Giri is a Professor at the Madras Institute of  Development Studies, Chennai, India. Su-Chen Wu is an  Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages  and Cultures of Fo Guang University, Taiwan.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0684-8},
      recid = {1448878},
      pages = {1 online resource},
}