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Research
on
The Perception and Understanding of Southeast Asian in
Contemporary Thai Society
Abstract This research examines the
various factors and conditions behind Thai people. sawareness
and understanding of their neighboring countries in Southeast Asia.
Theoutcomeof the research proves that Thai people.s
awareness and understanding of their neighboring countries do not
promote the development of better understanding asto create harmony
among the peoples crucial to a lasting unity of the ASEAN in thefuture.The
factors and conditions of the awareness and understanding include
the limited knowledge of neighboring countries in different dimensions,
for example,regarding accurate and up.to
date information. More importantly, most of the knowledge is restricted
to the creation of images and attitudes against . or even to degrade
. the ethnicity and culture of neighboring countries; although interestingly
they were not created intentionally to cause harm to those countries.
From the background of conflict between states and between peoples,
this research discovers that the construction, socialization and development
of attitudes of neighboring countries were done out of national interests.
This took place in the form of the writing of the Nation.s Biography
intended to establish the concept of a nation state and to promote
a sense of nationalism. The result was the creation of hostile images
and cultural backwardness of neighboring countries. This process started
from the ruling group and was later integrated into the lower levels
of the society, especially, in the private sector, which
played an important role in imposing and promoting hostile images
of neighboring countries through the media, especially, in the forms
of newspaper and film.
Keyword : Southeast Asia, Perception,
Understanding, Contemporary Thai Society.
for further information please contact 02-2184862
, 02-2184892
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