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Asian Values (asian + value)
Selected AbstractsAustralia's Attitude Toward Asian Values and Regional Community Building1POLITICS & POLICY, Issue 1 2007Purnendra Jain Australia's engagement with Asian countries has often been problematic. In recent times, both for economic and security purposes, Australia has sought to deepen its relationship with its Asian neighbors, seeking, among other things, a more formal, ongoing role with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The response of Asian countries has not always been welcoming, with some Asian leaders questioning the value, appropriateness, and consequences of Australian engagement with Asia. This article reviews the policies of successive Australian governments toward Asia, ranging from the more enthusiastic approach of Labor governments to the more ambivalent position taken under the current prime minister, John Howard. While Australia is not in a position to endorse "Asian values," whatever these may be, neither is it in the country's interest to remain aloof from a region important to its economic prosperity and security. [source] Self-Sacrifice of the Bodhisatta in the Paññ,sa J,takaRELIGION COMPASS (ELECTRONIC), Issue 5 2008Arthid Sheravanichkul Although Buddhist traditions do not promote martyrdom, giving one's body as a gift is an ideal found in many Buddhist narratives. This article studies the gift of limbs and body of the bodhisatta in the Paññ,sa J,taka, a collection of 61 non-canonical j,takas, in comparison with such gifts in the J,taka-a,,hakath,. Since these two collections of stories are immensely popular in Southeast Asia, with dozens of ,complete' and incomplete manuscript recensions found through out the region, we will see clearly that self-sacrifice was not a rouge or esoteric practice, but a sign of virtue. In the P,li canon, the gift of the body is not found in the suttas of the first four nik,yas where the discourse of meritorious gift giving is elaborated. Also, in the Vinaya it is discouraged by the Buddha. In the early commentaries like the J,taka-a,,hakath,, self-sacrifice is found only in seven j,takas of 547 (1.28%), whereas in the Paññ,sa J,taka the self-sacrifice is found in 14 stories from 61 j,takas (22.95%). The bodhisatta in the Paññ,sa J,taka sacrifices his body or parts of his body in order to save others' lives and sacrifices it to Sakka who comes to test him like in the J,taka-a,,hakath,. However, some plotlines and details are found only in the Paññ,sa J,taka. This significant difference reveals a particular Southeast Asian value in the bodhisatta practice of self-sacrifice and devotion to parents and the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the San,gha. [source] Demystifying Asian values in journalismJOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, Issue 2 2006Soek-Fang Sim First page of article [source] The Role of Education in Economic Growth in East Asia: a surveyASIAN-PACIFIC ECONOMIC LITERATURE, Issue 1 2009Risti Permani This paper surveys the literature on the links between education and economic growth in East Asia. It finds that education is important for economic growth but it is not a sufficient condition. The complementarity between education and other factors in enhancing productivity and efficiency is commonly seen as the driving force of economic growth. However, the empirical evidence is ambiguous due to econometric problems. Statistical analysis suggests that education and economic growth in East Asia have two-way causality. Nevertheless, valuing education has been a widely-accepted part of Asian values. As a result, education consistently presents as a significant income determinant and consequentially a growth factor, regardless of whether education can increase productivity. East Asian education systems are also formed and extended in close relation to the stages of their economic development: the higher the level of economic development, the greater the demand for better and higher education systems. [source] ,Asian values' as reverse Orientalism: SingaporeASIA PACIFIC VIEWPOINT, Issue 2 2000Michael Hill It is possible to demonstrate, using Singapore as a key example, the way in which the attribution of a set of ,Asian values' represented a Western project which is best labelled ,reverse Orientalism'. This process entailed the attribution of a set of cultural values to East and Southeast Asian societies by Western social scientists in order to contrast the recent dynamic progress of Asian development with the stagnation and social disorganisation of contemporary Western economies and societies. The contrast provided legitimation for some of the nation-building policies of political leaders in such countries as Singapore and was incorporated in attempts to identify and institutionalise core values. [source] | ||||||||||