The Gaze of the West and Framings of the East

Foreword Acknowledgements PART I: SIGHTING THE TERRAIN Introduction; S.Nair-Venugopal PART II: NEGOTIATING TERRITORY Defining Parameters: Boundaries and borders; S.Nair-Venugopal Beyond boundedness: Imagining the postcolonial dislocation; Ahmad Murad Merican Easternisation: Encroachments in the West; S.Nair-Venugopal & Kim-Hui, Lim PART III: THE GAZE OF THE WEST Representations of Philosophy: The Western Gaze Observed; Ahmad Murad Merican Framings of the East: Rebranding Beliefs and Religions; Kim-Hui, Lim When Knowledge Invents Boundaries: From Colonial Knowledge to Multiculturalism; Shamsul AB Historical Narratives of the Colonised: The Noble Savage of Sarawak; B.Philip The Mutual Gaze: Japan, the West and Management Training; F.Bargiela-Chiappini & H.Tanaka Indian Collectivism revisited: Unpacking the Western Gaze; S.Paramasivam & S.Nair-Venugopal Framings of the East: The Case of Borneo and the Rungus Community; Puay-Liu, Ong Interpreting Mosque Architecture in the 20th century: Trapped between Two Worlds; Mohamad Tajuddin Global Hybrids? 'Eastern Traditions' of Health and Wellness in the West; S.Newcombe The Sociology of Gastronomic Decolonisation; J.Poulain PART IV: OBSERVATIONS Conclusion Index