ABSTRACT Kuo reflects upon the Pacific War and what he feels holds post-war Japanese culture back from attaining “genuine greatness,” given a capacity enabled by its early modernising efforts for “the liberation of the self, the democratisation of society and … the realisation of the knowledge-based mode of production and exchange.” He also argues that nations in East and Southeast Asia share a similar socio-political “baggage with Japan — chiefly the semi-feudal [and also nationalistic] culture which impedes our [joint] fuller entry into modernity.” The challenge for Asian intellectuals — and particularly for Southeast Asians with their complex and multiple cultural makeup — is to initiate dialogue as to how regional diversity and “civilisational assets” can be turned into a “living multiculture” that will be an advantage for “the region’s long-term progress and prosperity.”

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对亚洲公共知识分子的挑战

摘要郭台铭反思了太平洋战争，他的感受使战后日本文化无法获得“真正的伟大”，因为其通过早期的现代化努力实现了“解放自我，社会民主化和……实现”的能力。以知识为基础的生产和交流方式。” 他还争辩说，东亚和东南亚国家与日本有着类似的社会政治“包—”-主要是半封建[以及民族主义]文化，这阻碍了我们[共同]更全面地进入现代性。