'WeAsians' Between Past and Future

'WeAsians - Between Past & Future' was a Millennium Conference held in Singapore to examine Asia's collective consciousness and sense of identity, to analyse the historical legacies of the 20th century and to envision its prospects in the 21st century. The conference was co-organised by the National Archives of Singapore (NAS), the Singapore Heritage Society (SHS) and the Japan Foundation Asia Center (JFAC).

The present publication includes all the conference papers presented, as well as transcripts of the commentaries and floor discussions. Biographies of chairpersons, speakers and commentators included.

Access level

Onsite

publisher

National Archives of Singapore (Singapore),

Singapore Heritage Society (Singapore)

editor

Location code

REF.NAS

Language

English

Keyword

conference, postcolonialism, politics, globalisation, nationalism, modernism, modernity, ethnicity, identity, capitalism, Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, India, China, Singapore, Japan

Publication/Creation date

2000

No of pages

301

ISBN / ISSN

9810428243

No of copies

Content type

conference proceedings

Chapter headings

Session I: The Past as Prologue - Opening Keynote Address
'Asia' and the Twentieth Century: What is 'Asian Modernity'? - Dipesh CHAKRABARTY

Session II: War and Violence, History and Memory - Ricardo T. JOSE

Time, Narrative, and History: Twentieth-Century China - Xin LIU

Session III: Colonialism, Communism, and Nation-State Formation
The Haunting of Asia and Asians - Caroline S. HAU

Postcolonialism and Diasporic Space in Japan - KANG Sangjung, 강상중

Session IV: The Rise of Capitalism in Asia
Asian Capitalism: Extrapolating the Future from the Past - Walden BELLO

Living With Capitalism in Asia, Uncomfortably - CHUA Benghuat

Session V: Culture and Consciousness
Civilisation Discourse and the Nation-state in the 20th Century - Prasenjit DUARA, 杜赞奇

'You Asians' - on the historical role of the West and Asia binary - Naoki SAKAI, 酒井直樹

Session VI: Concluding Keynote Address
Beginning the Twenty-First Century: Has the Twentieth Century Really Ended? - Nurcholish MADJID

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