Chinese Visions of World Order: Tianxia, Culture, and World Politics

Published by Duke University Press 2017

Chinese Visions of World Order

Tianxia, Culture, and World Politics

Edited by: Ban Wang

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822372448

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About this book

Examining the evolution of the Confucian doctrine of tianxia (all under heaven), which aspires to a unitary worldview that cherishes global justice and transcends social divides, the contributors show how it has shaped China's political organization, foreign policy, and worldview from the Han dynasty to the present.

Author / Editor information

Ban Wang is William Haas Professor in Chinese Studies at Stanford University and the author of several books, most recently, Illuminations from the Past: Trauma, Memory, and History in Modern China.

Reviews

“Chinese Visions of World Order is the best kind of edited volume; it gives the impression that its diverse array of contributions have been curated rather than commissioned.”

-- Salvatore Babones MCLC Resource Center

"Compiles a fascinating multiplicity of philosophical thoughts and historiographic accounts of the Chinese tianxia . . . . A good read for anyone interested in Chinese intellectual history and philosophy."

-- Nele Noesselt The China Quarterly

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Ban Wang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. TIANXIA, CONFUCIANISM, AND EMPIRE
1. Tianxia and the Invention of Empire in East Asia Mark Edward Lewis and Mei-yu Hsieh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. From Empire to State: Kang Youwei, Confucian Universalism, and Unity Wang Hui Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3. The Chinese World Order and Planetary Sustainability Prasenjit Duara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
PART II. TIANXIA, CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING, AND COSMOPOLITANISM
4. The Moral Vision in Kang Youwei’s Book of the Great Community Ban Wang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. Greek Antiquity, Chinese Modernity, and the Changing World Order Yiqun Zhou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
6. Realizing Tianxia: Traditional Values and China’s Foreign Policy Daniel A. Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
PART III. TIANXIA AND SOCIALIST INTERNATIONALISM
7. Tianxia and Postwar Japanese Sinologists’ Vision of the Chinese Revolution: The Cases of Nishi Junzō and Mizoguchi Yūzō Viren Murthy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
8. China’s Lost World of Internationalism Lin Chun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
9. China’s Tianxia Worldings: Socialist and Postsocialist Cosmopolitanisms Lisa Rofel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
PART IV. TIANXIA AND ITS DISCONTENTS
10. The Soft Power of the Constant Soldier: or, Why We Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the PLA Haiyan Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
11. Tracking Tianxia: On Intellectual Self-Positioning Chishen Chang and Kuan-Hsing Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 336

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Published: October 19, 2017
ISBN: 9780822372448