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Rival Civilizations in the New Millennium? Rival Civilizations in the New Millennium?
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The Continental Map The Continental Map
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Asia as a Spatial and Cultural Category Asia as a Spatial and Cultural Category
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Oceanic Geography Oceanic Geography
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The Pacific as Region The Pacific as Region
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Regional Identities Regional Identities
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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References References
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3 Locating Asia Pacific: The Politics and Practice of Global Division
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Published:April 2010
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Abstract
This chapter examines different metageographical schemes used to divide the world into civilizational, continental, and oceanic realms. It also looks at various constructs of “Asia” and “the Pacific” before outlining the requirements for an alternate regionalization scheme to inform area studies. It argues that the discourse of competing civilizations and that of continents share common historical and intellectual roots, both grounded in ideas of immutable physical, cultural, social, and economic features. Oceans too are often incorrectly seen as simple, natural units of geography, self-evident points of reference for dividing up the world. Area studies cannot simply discard regional categories, problematic as they are. Instead, they must be used in ways that acknowledge their complexity as well as their contingent and constructed nature, while entertaining “alternative, overlapping, noncongruent regionalization schemes, paying particular attention to dynamic border zones.”
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