"What's Left of Asia?" (original) (raw)

Introductory essay to a special issue of "positions" entitled "What's Left of Asia?." This is an inter-asian studies or critical asian studies collection on the history and concept of "asia" within intellectual and cultural history as well as political economy (it features Spivak and Han Yuhai as well as the sorely missed Gunder Frank and Giovanni Arrigihi). Our intro essay also tries to make an argument for re-articulating the "Asia" concept towards the global South. Table of Contents for the special issue: Andre Gunder Frank No Civilization/s: Unity and Continuity in Diversity; or, Multilateral and Entropic Paradigms for the World Today and Tomorrow Giovanni Arrighi States, Markets, and Capitalism, East and West Tani E. Barlow Asian Women in Reregionalization Yiman Wang Screening Asia: Passing, Performative Translation, and Reconfiguration Urs Matthias Zachmann Blowing Up a Double Portrait in Black and White: The Concept of Asia in the Writings of Fukuzawa Yukichi and Okakura Tenshin Han Yuhai Speech without Words Tobias Hübinette Asia as a Topos of Fear and Desire for Nazis and Extreme Rightists: The Case of Asian Studies in Sweden Yan Hairong Position without Identity: An Interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak