WAYS OF MISPERCEPTION: A FEW NOTES ON ASIA IN (NOT ONLY) SLOVAK MINDS
WAYS OF MISPERCEPTION: A FEW NOTES ON ASIA IN (NOT ONLY) SLOVAK MINDS
Author(s): Miloš HubinaSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Oriental Studies; Asia; meditation; Buddhism; perception
Summary/Abstract: In this essay, I enlist elements that in my estimation characterize and distort the prevailing Slovak view of Asia. The list is not exhaustive and is based purely on my personal experience. I propose that misperception is guided by notions of Asia set forth by Orientalists of 19th century and is not Slovak-specific. However Slovak reality is virtually complete absence of institutional correction of these views.
Journal: Slovenský národopis
- Issue Year: 60/2012
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 563-569
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
