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Modernity is surrounded by an almost magic aura that casts a spell over people all over the world. To connect with modernity, various ways and means are used, among them magic practices and religious ideas. Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia: Magic and Modernity deals with the magic in and of modernity and asks about its current significance for the dynamics of religion in Southeast Asia. Drawing on recent ethnographic research in this area, the contributors to this wide-ranging volume demonstrate how religious concepts contribute to meeting the challenges of modernity. Against this background, religion and modernity are no longer perceived as in contradiction; rather, it is argued that a revision of the western notion of religion is required to understand the complexity of 'multiple modernities' in a globalised world. Dynamics of Religion in Southeast Asia: Magic and Modernity is part of the series Global Asia, published by Amsterdam University Press (AUP) in close collaboration with the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)

Religion. --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Southeast Asia --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- RELIGION / General. --- Modernity. --- ethnography. --- magic. --- popular religion. --- south-east Asia.

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Since the 1990s, regional organizations of the United Nations and international financial institutions have adopted a new dynamic of transnational integration, within the framework of the regionalization process of globalization. In place of the growth triangles of the 1970s, a strategy based on transnational economic corridors has changed the scale of regionalization.Thanks to the initiative of the Asian Development Bank, Southeast Asia provides two of the most advanced examples of such a process in East Asia with, on the one hand, the Greater Mekong Subregion, structured by continental corridors, and on the other, the Malacca Straits, combining maritime and land corridors. This book compares, after two decades, the effects of these developing networks on transnational integration in both subregions.After presenting the general issue of economic corridors, the work deals with the characteristics and structures peculiar to these two regions, followed by a study of national strategies mobilizing actors at different levels of state organization. There follows a study of the emergence of new urban nodes on corridors at land and sea borders, and the impact of these corridors on the local societies. This approach makes it possible to compare the effects of transnational integration processes on the spatial and urban organization of the two subregions and on the increasing diversity of the stakeholders involved.

Growth triangles --- Malacca, Strait of Region --- Mekong River Region --- Southeast Asia --- Economic conditions. --- Economic integration. --- Triangles, Growth --- Economic development --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- Malacca, Strait of, Region

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"With the 'Asian Century' now upon us, bringing with it many profound economic and political changes to the world order, it is very timely to assess the state of democracy in the Asian region. Focusing on Eastern Asia, this book provides such a review, highlighting lines of connections between the states and peoples of this complex and dynamic region. Featuring chapters on China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Myanmar, this book provides a detailed analysis of the state of democracy in each country or territory, and shows how each is different and distinctive, whilst simultaneously drawing out important similarities. Further, it provides up to date analysis of political changes in the region relating to the processes of democratization, and, in some cases, to the ongoing quest for democracy. Critically examining the current state of political development in the region, the chapters explore the issues and problems that challenge the region's governments in terms of democratic transition, democratic consolidation, democratic improvement and good governance"--

J4600.90 --- K9500.80 --- S06/0255 --- J4691.10 --- J4691.20 --- S31/0100 --- S31/0400 --- Democracy --- -Democratization --- -Asia --- -Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Korea: Politics -- history -- modern period, postwar period (1945- ) --- China: Politics and government--Political theory: modern (and/or under Western influence) --- Asia: Politics in East Asia --- Asia: Politics in Southeast Asia --- Indo China and South East Asia--Indo-China: general (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma) --- Indo China and South East Asia--South East Asia general (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Papua New Guinea) --- Asia --- Politics and government --- -21st century --- Democratization --- -Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Democratic consolidation --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia

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This book provides a detailed analysis of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the deepening relationship that ASEAN has with China. As an organization for regional cooperation among developing countries, ASEAN has drawn attention from the region and even the world, and is playing an increasingly important role in international affairs. As East Asian cooperation deepened in the 21st century, ASEAN countries not only raised the idea of building a community based on the pillars of an economic community, a political-security community, and a socio-cultural community, but also is

Southeast Asia --- China --- Foreign relations --- ASEAN. --- Association of Southeast Asian nations --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- Foreign economic relations --- E-books --- Diplomatic relations. --- China. --- ASEAN-China Free Trade Area. --- Trade relations. --- Economic co-operation. --- Association of South East Asian Nations. --- International economic relations. --- Internationale Zusammenarbeit --- Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration --- ASEAN-Staaten --- Relations

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The languages of mainland Southeast Asia evidence an impressive array of elaborate grammatical resources, such as echo words, phonaesthetic words, chameleon affixes, chiming derivatives, onomatopoeic forms, ideophones and expressives. Speakers of these languages fashion grammatical works of art in order to express and convey emotions, senses, conditions and perceptions that enrich discourse. This book provides a detailed comparative overview of the mechanisms by which aesthetic qualities of speech operate as part of speakers' grammatical knowledge. Each chapter focuses on a different language and explores the grammatical information of a number of well- and lesser-known languages from mainland Southeast Asia. It will be of great interest to syntacticians, morphologists, linguistic anthropologists, language typologists, cognitive scientists interested in language, and instructors of Southeast Asian languages.

Aesthetics. --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Philosophy --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Psychology --- Southeast Asia --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- Languages --- Grammar. --- Aesthetics --- E-books --- Grammar, Comparative. --- Phonology, Comparative. --- Tone. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics