Can Asians think? (Record no. 222264)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9812049681 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | Aloy |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Edition number | 23 |
Classification number | 950.4 |
Item number | MAHC |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Kishore Mahbubani |
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9 (RLIN) | 28352 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Can Asians think? |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Singapore |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Times Books International |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1999 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 190 p. |
Other physical details | PB |
Dimensions | 19x13 cm. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | KISHORE MAHBUBANI has been hailed as "an Asian Toynbee, preoccupied with the rise and fall of civilizations" (The Economist), a "Max Weber of the new 'Confucian ethic'" (Washington Post), and "a prototype twenty-first century leader" (Time). A must-read for anyone with even a passing interest in contemporary Asia, this collection of provocative essays is certain to challenge the way you think.<br/>Asia's societies were more culturally and economically advanced than Europe's at the end of the first millennium. And yet by the nineteenth century the West had leaped so far ahead that even some Asians themselves harbored images of inferiority.<br/>Mahbubani's analysis of the past and predictions for the future amount to a wake-up call to Asians and Westerners alike. In diverse pieces such as "The Ten Commandments for Developing Countries" and "The Dangers of Decadence: What the Rest Can Teach the West," he asserts that Westerners are largely unaware of their condescending attitudes and practices toward the East and maintain that outdated worldview at their own peril - Asia's economies are poised to surpass those of Europe and North America within the next fifty years. No one who reads these iconoclastic, unabashed arguments will ever regard East-West relations in the same light.<br/>“If you are looking for insight into how others perceive us—and the events of September 11 underscore that need—then I know of no better guide than Kishore Mahbubani. His collection of lively essays will both inform and challenge your thinking.” |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Asia |
9 (RLIN) | 28353 |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | East and West |
9 (RLIN) | 28354 |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Civilization |
9 (RLIN) | 28355 |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Values |
9 (RLIN) | 28356 |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | MAHBUBANI (Kishore) |
9 (RLIN) | 28357 |
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Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type | George Fernandes Collections |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | History | St Aloysius Library | St Aloysius Library | 03/24/2013 | 950.4 MAHC | GF03191 | 04/07/2022 | 04/07/2022 | George Fernandes Collections |