This paper analyzes the scholarly approaches to the problem of “local” vs. “cosmopolitan” in the context of the cultural transfers between South and Southeast Asia. Taking the “localization” paradigm advanced by Oliver Wolters as its pivot, it reviews the “externalist” and “autonomous” positions, and questions the hermeneutical validity of the fuzzy and self-explanatory category of “local.” Having discussed the geo-environmental metaphors of “Monsoon Asia” and “Maritime Asia” as alternative paradigms to make justice to the complex dynamics of transregional interaction that shaped South and Southeast Asian societies, it briefly presents two case studies highlighting the tensions between the “local” and “cosmopolitan” approaches to the study of Old Javanese literature and Balinese Hinduism.
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Abstract Ⅰ. Introduction: Oliver Wolters and the “Indigenistic” Paradigm in Southeast Asian Studies Ⅱ. Defining Southeast Asia—Between the “Externalist” and “Autonomous” Viewpoints 2.1. Cosmopolitanism Ante Litteram: From “Inde Transgangétique” to the “Greater India” movement 2.2. The “Autonomous” Paradigm 2.3. Towards a Change of Paradigm 2.4. The “Externalist” Reaction: The Sanskrit Cosmopolis Ⅲ. The New Wave: An Emphasis on Networks and Synchronisms Ⅳ. Redefining the Region: Monsoon Asia and Maritime Asia Ⅴ. Revisiting the “Local” Ⅵ. The Local vs. Cosmopolitan in Old Javanese and Balinese Studies Ⅶ. Conclusion References
본 연구소는 아시아 지역 및 관련 국가의 정치, 경제, 사회, 역사, 문화, 언어등에 관하여 지역연구 방법론을 통한 학제적 연구에 그 목적을 두고 아시아 각 지역의 최신 정보 및 자료의 수집, 정리, 분석, 제공에 중점을 둔다. 이와 관련하여 국내외 대학 및 연구기관과의 학술교류에 주력하여 지역연구부문 최고의 중점 연구소로의 성장을 목표로 한다.