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Asian Intellectual Revolution Overview

The document discusses the intellectual revolution in Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries. It describes how Asian countries and their elites confronted Western military and technical superiority by selectively imitating Western ideas while also reconsidering traditional knowledge and culture. Asian nations struggled with internal tensions and crises during this period of rapid global change. Key revolutionary figures in Asia discussed include Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Gandhi, Sukarno, Nasser, Ataturk, and Khomeini. The document also notes that science and technology advancement varied by country and time period in Asia, with notable historic contributions from India, China, and West Asia as well as current leaders like Japan.

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Asian Intellectual Revolution Overview

The document discusses the intellectual revolution in Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries. It describes how Asian countries and their elites confronted Western military and technical superiority by selectively imitating Western ideas while also reconsidering traditional knowledge and culture. Asian nations struggled with internal tensions and crises during this period of rapid global change. Key revolutionary figures in Asia discussed include Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Gandhi, Sukarno, Nasser, Ataturk, and Khomeini. The document also notes that science and technology advancement varied by country and time period in Asia, with notable historic contributions from India, China, and West Asia as well as current leaders like Japan.

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WHAT IS THE INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTI

ON ALL ABOUT IN ASIA


The revolution itself taught Asian countries about freedom and
independent nationhood along the improvement brought by it
internally.
The nineteenth and the twentieth centuries in East Asia are known
as a time of rapid change. Whereas change was a daily and concrete
experience in a globalizing environment, it was also the object of
psychological fear and ideological desire. During that period, Asian
countries and their intellectual and political elites confronted the
technical and military superiority of the western powers, as well as
local inner tensions and crises, by elaborating patterns of selective
imitation, reconsidering their traditional knowledge, and recreating
their own cultural background
WHO ARE THE KEY FIGURES IN THE RE
VOLUTION IN ASIA

Mao Zedong of China, Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam,


Gandhi of India, Sukarno of Indonesia, Nasser of
Egypt, Ataturk of Turkey, and Khomeini of Iran are
featured. To compare the strategies and ideologies
that guided these revolutions.
HOW DID THE REVOLUTION ADVANCE MODERN S
CIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC THINGKING AT THE
TIME IN ASIA
Science and technology in Asia is varied depending on the
country and time. In the past, the Asian civilizations most notable
for their contributions to science and technology were India,
China and the West Asian civilizations. At present, probably the
most notable country in Asia in terms of its technological and
scientific achievement is Japan, which is particularly known for its
electronics and automobile products. In recent years, China and
India have also once again become major contributors to science
and technology. Other countries are also notable in other
scientific fields such as chemical and physical achievements.
WHAT CONTROVERSIES MET THE REV
OLUTION IN ASIA
Once all of Asia was in a state of equilibrium, with its agrarian
societies relying for survival on a delicate balance between land
and population. Land suitable for rice-growing was limited and rice-
eating populations struggled for subsistence; they had neither the
time, ability nor energy to think of governing themselves or even of
participating in government. The task of governing was left to the
few, a small, specialized class of scholar-officials. To labor and obey
was left to the many. Thus the centralized state came into being,
strong enough to protect these precarious balances from ever-
threatening natural or artificial forces, skilled enough to undertake
the control of the flow of water, the life- blood of the staple
production.

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