<span><span>Contrary to the prevailing view in the West that the 500-year dominance of Western civilization points to it being the only universal civilization, </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Can Asians Think?</span><span> argues that other civilizations may yet make equal contributions to the development and growth of mankind. Hailed as “an Asian Toynbee” and “the Max Weber of the new Confucian ethic”, Mahbubani continues to illuminate his central arguments with new essays in this fourth edition.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>