Mignolo (2011) points out that empirical cases of dewesternization can be found with the greatest intensity in East and Southeast Asia. In many of these countries, there has been a confrontation with Western epistemology and “the structure of enunciation,” i.e., the domination of forms of ...
1.3.3 Dewesternization Mignolo (2011) points out that empirical cases of dewesternization can be found with the greatest intensity in East and Southeast Asia. In many of these countries, there has been a confrontation with Western epistemology and "the structure of enunciation," i.e., ...
Japan’s military leaders realized that she could not survive as a power or even support her economy without access to raw materials such as oil, rubber and iron. Facing increasing trade embargoes from countries such as the United States and Great Britain would cripple Japan within a few years...
While Asian universities are patterned on Western models, it is also clear that many Asian countries have adapted the model to meet local needs and realities. There has been considerable interplay between foreign influence and Asian realities. As Hawkins (2013) argues, “the so-called modern unive...
In the latter half of the 19th century, dramatic changes occurred, as Europeans began to exploreAfrica's interior, and by 1914, virtually the entire continent was colonized by one or the other of the competing European countries. European imperialists built on the information provided by adventure...