Arnold Toynbee may have declared long ago that the 21st century will be the Asian century, but how many humanities departments give Asia more than a passing glance in their so-called world history, literature, and philosophy courses?
儘管史學家如湯恩比，也早早呼籲「廿一世紀是東亞人的世紀！」但放眼人文學科裡，所謂的世界史、文學史、哲學史……，又何曾正視東方？