UNSW Handbook Course - The Orient: Western Engagements with East Asia

The Orient: Western Engagements with East Asia - HIST2082


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Terms such as the 'Orient' and 'Asia' are spatial and cultural constructs which were devised by Western civilisation to help it understand and colonise a large portion of the world's surface and people. Examines the way Western civilisation has conceived the notion of 'Asia'; and how such conceptions have informed the West's engagement of this region. Traces this engagement from pre-modern times to the present. Largely concentrates on that space commonly referred to as the 'Far East', namely Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.

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