{"product_id":"sacred-mandates-asian-international-relations-since-chinggis-khan-silk-roads-9780226562629","title":"Sacred Mandates  Asian International Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContemporary 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 worldsChingssid Mongol, Tibetan Buddhist, and Confucian Sinicthat represent different forms of civilization authority and legal order. This novel framework enables us to escape the modern tendency to view the international syste","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400058675543,"sku":"9780226562629","price":77.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sacred-mandates-asian-international-relations-since-chinggis-khan-silk-roads-9780226562629","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}