The world imagined : collective beliefs and political order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeas...
The world imagined : collective beliefs and political order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeas...
The world imagined : collective beliefs and political order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societies / Hendrik Spruyt.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/3569
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English
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xv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part 1. Beyond the Westphalian gaze -- Part 2. The East-Asian Sino-centric order -- Part 3. The Islamic cultural-historical community -- Part 4. Collective imagination among the polities of Southeast Asia.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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First edition.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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"Before today's nation-states there were world empires. Before presidents and prime ministers there were lords of the auspicious conjunction - the alignment of the heavens and planets heralded their arrival. Such rulers were world conquerors, heirs of Alexander the Great and Chinggis Khan. They were Chakravartin, universal rulers who brought justic...
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The world imagined : collective beliefs and political order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societies / Hendrik Spruyt.
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LSE international studies
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-389) and index.
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G 2020/3569
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74VKa624RGMg
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1108811744 (pbk.)
9781108491211 (hardback)
1108491219 (hardback)
9781108811743 (pbk.)
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950
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991024338416602626
