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In the world of learning, Asian scholars are still under intellectual domination.
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The quote says that Asian scholars remain subject to outside control or influence in academic life. “Intellectual domination” suggests that their ideas, standards, or authority are still shaped by others rather than being fully independent. It presents this as an ongoing inequality within the world of learning.
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- The Captive Mind in Development Studies
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