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Sacred Mandates - Asian International Relations since Chinggis Khan (Paperback)
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Sacred Mandates - Asian International Relations since Chinggis Khan (Paperback)
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Contemporary discussions of international relations in Asia tend to
be tethered in the present, unmoored from the historical contexts
that give them meaning. Sacred Mandates, edited by Timothy Brook,
Michael van Walt van Praag, and Miek Boltjes, redresses this
oversight by examining the complex history of inter-polity
relations in Inner and East Asia from the thirteenth century to the
twentieth, in order to help us understand and develop policies to
address challenges in the region today. This book argues that
understanding the diversity of past legal orders helps explain the
forms of contemporary conflict, as well as the conflicting
historical narratives that animate tensions. Rather than proceed
sequentially by way of dynasties, the editors identify three
"worlds"--Chingssid Mongol, Tibetan Buddhist, and Confucian
Sinic--that represent different forms of civilization authority and
legal order. This novel framework enables us to escape the modern
tendency to view the international system solely as the interaction
of independent states, and instead detect the effects of the
complicated history at play between and within regions.
Contributors from a wide range of disciplines cover a host of
topics: the development of international law, sovereignty, state
formation, ruler legitimacy, and imperial expansion, as well as the
role of spiritual authority on state behavior, the impact of
modernization, and the challenges for peace processes. The
culmination of five years of collaborative research, Sacred
Mandates will be the definitive historical guide to international
and intrastate relations in Asia, of interest to policymakers and
scholars alike, for years to come.
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