China Orders the World

Normative Soft Power and Foreign Policy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Av William A. Callahan, Elena Barabantseva, University of Manchester) Callahan, William A. (Chair, University of Manchester) Barabantseva, Elena (Lecturer, William A Callahan

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This volume examines a series of complex debates surrounding the role of China's historical ideals in shaping its foreign policy. Presenting and analyzing the works of key Chinese philosophers and prominent international relations theorists, the contributors-prestigious scholars from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France-examine how an idealized version of China's imperial past now inspires a new generation of Chinese scholars and policymakers and their plans for China's future. Although a growing number of books treat China's rise and world view, China Orders the World brings together Chinese and Western scholars in a uniquely detailed and nuanced exploration of how traditional Chinese culture is being remolded into a "Chinese-style" world order for the twenty-first century.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-04-23
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt612 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9781421403830

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Introduction: Tradition, Modernity, and Foreign Policy in ChinaPart I: Rediscovering Traditional ConceptsChapter 2. Rethinking Empire from the Chinese Concept "All-under-Heaven" (Tianxia)Chapter 3. The Possibility and Inevitability of a Chinese School of International Relations TheoryChapter 4. Xunzi's Thoughts on International Politics and Their ImplicationsPart II: Mixing Past, Present, and FutureChapter 5. Tianxia, Empire, and the World: Chinese Visions of World Order for the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 6. The Enduring Function of the Substance/Essence (Ti/Yong) Dichotomy in Chinese NationalismChapter 7. Paradoxes of Tradition and Modernity at the New Frontier: China, Islam, and the Problem of "Different Heavens"Part III: Tradition and Modernity in Popular and State DiscourseChapter 8. Beyond World Order: Change in China's Negotiations over the WorldChapter 9. Confucianism, "Cultural Tradition," and Official Discourse in China at the Start of the New CenturyChapter 10. Conclusion: World Harmony or Harmonizing the World?Contributors Index

"This is a fascinating and intellectually stimulating collection of essays. It engages one of the most pressing issues underlying China's apparent rise in world politics, mainly how those in China, especially inside the elite foreign policy community, view the world." (Allen Carlson, Cornell University) "Specialists in the field will definitely welcome the book. It deals with a recent trend among some Chinese establishment intellectuals that believe China should make the conscious attempt to shape the world system, which, they believe, is fundamentally flawed." (Shiping Hua, University of Louisville)"