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Table of Contents
Foreword to the Chinese Edition
Foreword to the English Edition
New Foreword by Odd Arne Westad
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

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 29 June 2021
      ISBN-13 9780520325029
      978-0520325029
      ISBN-10 0520325028
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      History Asian history Globalization

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      Foreword to the Chinese Edition
      Foreword to the English Edition
      New Foreword by Odd Arne Westad
      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

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