Asian studies
Asian studies
| Autor: | Waylon Christian Terryn |
|---|---|
| Verfügbarkeit: | Auf Lager. |
| Artikelnummer: | 1370354 |
| ISBN / EAN: | 9786138024835 |
Zusatzinformation
- Autor: Waylon Christian Terryn
- Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
- ISBN / EAN: 9786138024835
- Bindung: Taschenbuch
Produktbeschreibung
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Asian studies, a term used usually in the United States for Oriental studies and is concerned with the Asian peoples, their cultures, languages, history and politics. Within the Asian sphere, Asian studies combines aspects of sociology, history, cultural anthropology and many other disciplines to study political, cultural and economic phenomena in Asian traditional and contemporary societies. Asian studies forms a field of post-graduate study in many universities. It is a branch of Area studies, and many Western universities combine Asian and African studies in a single faculty or institute, like SOAS in London. It is often combined with Islamic studies in a similar way. The history of the discipline in the West is covered under Oriental studies.
