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S12/0224 --- S12/0216 --- S06/0250 --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Chinese philosophy: Han --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Political philosophy --- China: Politics and government--Political theory: general and traditional

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This book examines the formation of the Chinese empire through its reorganization and reinterpretation of its basic spatial units: the human body, the household, the city, the region, and the world. The central theme of the book is the way all these forms of ordered space were reshaped by the project of unification and how, at the same time, that unification was constrained and limited by the necessary survival of the units on which it was based. Consequently, as Mark Edward Lewis shows, each level of spatial organization could achieve order and meaning only within an encompassing, superior whole: the body within the household, the household within the lineage and state, the city within the region, and the region within the world empire, while each level still contained within itself the smaller units from which it was formed. The unity that was the empire's highest goal avoided collapse back into the original chaos of nondistinction only by preserving within itself the very divisions on the basis of family or region that it claimed to transcend.

History of Asia --- China --- Philosophy, Chinese --- Social groups --- Philosophie chinoise --- Groupes sociaux --- S12/0216 --- S12/0222 --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Political philosophy --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Chinese philosophy: Ancient --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation

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China is a rising economic and political power. But what is the message of this rise? Tongdong Bai addresses this increasingly pressing question by examining the rich history of political theories and practices from China's past, and showing how it impacts upon the present. Chinese political traditions are often viewed negatively as 'authoritarian' (in contrast with 'Western' democratic traditions), but the historical reality is much more complex and there is a need to understand the political values shaping China's rise. Going beyond this, Bai argues that the debates between China's two main political theories - Confucianism and Legalism - anticipate themes in modern political thought and hence offer valuable resources for thinking about contemporary political problems. Part of Zed's World Political Theories series, this groundbreaking work offers a remarkable insight into the political history and thought of a nation that is becoming increasingly powerful on the world stage.

Political science --- Confucianism and state --- History --- Confucianism and state. --- History. --- S12/0216 --- S12/0242 --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Political philosophy --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Contemporary Chinese philosophy --- State and Confucianism --- State, The --- Political science - China - History

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Political science --- Philosophy, Chinese --- History --- Philosophy, Chinese. --- History. --- S06/0250 --- S12/0216 --- Chinese philosophy --- China: Politics and government--Political theory: general and traditional --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Political philosophy --- Political science - China - History

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Utopia and Utopianism in the Contemporary Chinese Context: Texts, Ideas, Spaces decisively demonstrates the extent to which utopianism has shaped political thought, cultural imaginaries, and social engagement after it was introduced into the Chinese context in the nineteenth century. In fact, pursuit of utopia has often led to action--such as the Chinese Revolution and the Umbrella Movement--and contested consequences. Covering a time span that goes from the late Qing to our days, the authors show that few ideas have been as influencing as utopia, which has compellingly shaped the imaginaries that underpin China's historical change. Utopianism contributed to the formation of the Chinese state itself--shaping the thought of key figures of the late Qing and early Republican eras such as Kang Youwei and Sun Yat-sen--and outlived the labyrinthine debates of the second half of the twentieth century, both under Mao's rule and during the post-socialist era. Even in the current times of dystopian narratives, a period in which utopia seems to be less influential than in the past, its manifestations persistently provide lifelines against fatalism or cynicism. This collection shows how profoundly utopian ideas have nurtured both the thought of crucial figures during these historical times, the new generation of mainland Chinese and Sinophone intellectuals, and the hopes of twenty-first-century Hong Kong activists.

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