Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority"

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Lucian W. Pye, \"Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority\"
Publisher: Belknap of Harvard University | 1988 | ISBN 0674049799 | PDF | 430 pages | . MB



In a major new book, Lucian Pye reconceptualizes Asian political development as a product of cultural attitudes about power and authority. He contrasts the great traditions of Confucian East Asia with the Southeast Asian cultures and the South Asian traditions of Hinduism and Islam, and explores the national differences within these larger civilizations.
Breaking with modern political theory, Pye believes that power differs profoundly from one culture to another. In Asia the masses of the people are group-oriented and respectful of authority, while their leaders are more concerned with dignity and upholding collective pride than with problem-solving

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