Social Theory in Contemporary Asia

Abstract

Introduction 1. Contesting Intimacy, Reflexivity and Identity in Contemporary Social Theory 2. Intimacy, Reflexivity and Identity in Contemporary Asia 3. Reflexivity and the Transformation of Gender Identity in Cosmopolitan Asia 4. Postmodern Confucianism, 'Moral Economies' and 'Biopolitical Otherness' in Redefining Intimacy and Identity in Southeast Asia 5. Sex and 'Singlehood' as a Source of Tension in Contemporary Asia 6. Cultural Production, Intimacy and Identity: Paradigms of Resistance and Islamic Orthodoxy in Asia