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All under Heaven : The Tianxia System for a Possible World Order /

In this succinct yet ample work, Zhao Tingyang as one of China's most distinguished and respected intellectuals, provides a profoundly original philosophical interpretation of China's story. Over the past few decades, the question where did China come from? has absorbed the thoughts of man...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhao, Tingyang (Autor)
Otros Autores: Westad, Odd Arne (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2021]
Colección:Great Transformations ; 3
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword to the Chinese Edition
  • Foreword to the English Edition
  • New Foreword
  • Translator's Preface
  • Introduction. A Redefinition of Tianxia as a Political Concept: Problems, Conditions, and Methods
  • Part I. The Tianxia Conceptual Story
  • 1. Politics Starting with the World
  • 2. The Three-Tiered World of Tianxia
  • 3. Correlating with Tian (peitian 配天)
  • 4. Institutional Layout
  • 5. No Outside (wuwai 无外)
  • 6. Circle of Family and Tianxia
  • 7. Tianming 天命 (Heavenly Invoked Order)
  • 8. Virtuosic Power and Harmony
  • 9. Why Might Good Order Collapse?
  • 10. Tianxia as Method
  • Part II. The Encompassing Tianxia of China
  • 11. A Whirlpool Model
  • 12. A Condensed Version of Tianxia
  • 13. Why Go Stag Hunting in the Central Plain?
  • 14. Existing through Change
  • Part III. The Future of Tianxia Order
  • 15. A World History Yet to Begin
  • 16. Kantian Questions and Huntington's Problem
  • 17. Two Types of Exteriority: Naturalist and Constructivist
  • 18. Borders and No Outside
  • 19. Materializing Conditions for a New Tianxia
  • 20. New Tianxia: A Vocabulary
  • Appendix. Jizi's Lost Democracy: A Continuing Narration of Tianxia-Toward a Smart Democracy
  • Notes
  • Bibliography of Works Cited
  • Index