single in kind of the most interest...

single in kind of the most interesting issues raised by means of increasing global travel is the ethics of cross-cultural travel. Do travel and travel writing perpetuate exploitative, hierarchical, or unjust relationships of power, or do they put in mind of alternative ways of encountering other cultures? Significant insights into this question are indicateed by a work of autobiographical travel literature, The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton. This journal records the final journey of Merton's life, a two-month trip in 1968 to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. I interpret Merton's travels in Asia in times ...