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Capacities for Global Politics: Religions and Cultures in the Pacific Rim
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David Wessels, “Capacities for Global Politics: Religions and Cultures in the Pacific
Rim”
AbstractReligion and culture have become more salient in world politics in the twenty-first century, as public identities find roots amid the dynamics of globalization. Confucian Ethic explanations of modernization and Asian Human Rights discourses bear the imprint of these roots. Liberation Theology in Latin America and Civil Religion in the United States impinge on global change, as well. Classic issues of international security have been transformed by factors of identity, religious faith, and ethnic encounters. While terrorism and economic growth grab headlines, capacities for engagement in the processes of global transition are often overlooked. Social sources of power, identity, and meaning are found in the variables of religion and culture around the Pacific Rim. Islamic politics in Southeast Asia, the growth of Christianity in Korea and China, multiculturalism in pluralist polities are among the topics that must be added to an agenda of development, democracy, interdependence, and partnership. OutlineI.
Introduction
p.
1
II.
Perceptions
and
Presupposition
p.
2
Religions, Cultures, Globalization
Mutual Interdependencies, Multicultural Encounters, Identity
Consciousness
Processes of Change
Capacities for Global Politics
III.
Religions and Cultures in the Pacific Rim
p. 6
Pacific Rim
The Cultures
The Religions
Developments in Particular Regions and Countries
Impact of Cultures and Religions on Capacities
IV.
Values
p.
11
Tolerance and Freedom
Fundamentalisms
Ethnicity
Convergence of Religion and Politics
V.
Issues
p.
16
Security
Political Economy
Public Religion
VI.
Concluding
Remarks
p.
20
REFERENCES
p.
21
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David Wessels, “Capacities for Global Politics: Religions and Cultures in the Pacific
Rim”
Abstract
Religion and culture have become more salient in world politics in the twenty-first
century, as public identities find roots amid the dynamics of
globalization. Confucian Ethic explanations of modernization and Asian Human
Rights discourses bear the imprint of these roots. Liberation Theology in Latin
America and Civil Religion in the United States impinge on global change, as
well. Classic issues of international security have been transformed by factors of
identity, religious faith, and ethnic encounters. While terrorism and economic
growth grab headlines, capacities for engagement in the processes of global
transition are often overlooked. Social sources of power, identity, and meaning are
found in the variables of religion and culture around the Pacific Rim. Islamic
politics in Southeast Asia, the growth of Christianity in Korea and China,
multiculturalism in pluralist polities are among the topics that must be added to an
agenda of development, democracy, interdependence, and partnership.
Outline
I.
Introduction
p.
1
II.
Perceptions
and
Presupposition
p.
2
Religions, Cultures, Globalization
Mutual Interdependencies, Multicultural Encounters, Identity
Consciousness
Processes of Change
Capacities for Global Politics
III.
Religions and Cultures in the Pacific Rim
p. 6
Pacific Rim
The Cultures
The Religions
Developments in Particular Regions and Countries
Impact of Cultures and Religions on Capacities
IV.
Values
p.
11
Tolerance and Freedom
Fundamentalisms
Ethnicity
Convergence of Religion and Politics
V.
Issues
p.
16
Security
Political Economy
Public Religion
VI.
Concluding
Remarks
p.
20
REFERENCES
p.
21
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