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Pankaj Mishra • Temptations of the West
The Violent Crackup of the Post-WWII International Order
jwsr.pitt.eduOn the eve of the close encounter with the West, China’s distinctive political trajectory (still dominated by its symbiotic relationship with Inner Asia) propelled it not towards an all-powerful oriental despotism (imagined by Europeans) – which might have permitted drastic change in the face of external challenge – but instead still further toward
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“When goods don’t pass international borders, soldiers will.”
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
The story of modern public education, then, is a story of transition between an age of imperialism and an age of modern globalization.
Tyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Principles of Economics, an introductory textbook authored by John B. Taylor and Akila Weerapana,
Martin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
The rise of China has been accompanied by a palpable need to understand the significance of this ascendance and project a vision of the world – a universalism – that does not reproduce the injustices of the earlier orders, whether under the empires or modern imperialism.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
The rise of Asia, and China in particular, has been accompanied by the need to project a new, more just vision of the world that is not simply a new hegemony.