ABSTRACT
It took me a long time to finish writing this round-up, partly because of the
emotional disturbance caused by the recent loss of a beloved family
member, but mostly due to the fact that I can hardly do more than sum-
marise what the contributors of this volume have already done to dismantle
the East-West dichotomy. However, there are two things that seem to
render my round-up not too banal. The first is the diversity of this volume.
Scrolling down the list of contributors of this volume, you will find that
they come from different countries, and their nationalities are even more diverse; going through the articles of the volume, you will detect different
understandings of the dichotomy at issue, and the dismantling strategies are
even more varied. Such diversity makes my attempt to put these different
understandings of the dichotomy and their corresponding dismantling
strategies into perspectives according to their internal logics seem worth-
while, at least for some casual readers. They may find such a summary
helpful.
