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Monopolizing Asia: The politics of a metaphor
Pekka Korhonensubject
Sociology and Political ScienceMetaphormedia_common.quotation_subjectGeography Planning and DevelopmentSocialist mode of productionPoliticsEconomyPolitical scienceRegionalism (international relations)East Asian StudiesDevelopment economicsEast AsiaOrientFar Eastmedia_commondescription
Abstract The metaphor of Asia is frequently used nowadays as a concept for regional identity, but it is very problematical because geographic Asia contains such a large piece of humanity in all cultural, political and economic forms. Historically Asia also has negative connotations, and at times other regional concepts have been preferred over it. Pan‐Asianism, Greater East Asia, Asian‐African cooperation, Asian Socialism, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific, Asia Pacific, and East Asia are some of the regionalist permutations of the metaphor of Asia during this century, but thus far no strong institutional structures have emerged to fill the concepts with lasting and effective political power.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-01-01 | The Pacific Review |