Politics, Culture and Self: East Asian and North European Attitudes Borneo anthropological insights and social theory

anthropological insights and social theory together to present an interesting

It took the Buddhism that came from outside and subordinated it to local beliefs

Dr Mikael Mattlin is collegium researcher at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) and adjunct professor at the University of Turku

Her interest lies in how these accounts reflect the various political agendas of successive generations of intellectuals and officials

with new sections examining the social and economic changes that have transformed the country in the last two decades

Politics, Culture and Self: East Asian and North European Attitudes Borneo anthropological insights and social theoryGeir Helgesen and Sren Risbjerg Thomsen (eds) 2006, 293 (xviii+275) pp. 16 figures., 40 tables Paperback, 15x23 cm Globalization may be undermining Kiplings assertion that East is East and West is West but arguably this is more in the realms of technological advances and consumer behavior than in political culture. In the latter arena, much is still made of the contrasts between Eastern culture, characterized by collectivism and belief in authority,