Overview
- Aims at illustrating the ideas, historical patterns, & contemporary relevance of the state in premodern East Asia
- Explains why the state, social system & practices informed by Confucianism and Legalism worked
- Covers state formation, interstate relations, advancement of civilizations in ancient and contemporary East Asia
Part of the book series: Governing China in the 21st Century (GC21)
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This book brings together a range of studies that aim at illustrating the ideas, institutions, historical patterns, and contemporary relevance of the social-political system that existed in the main part of East Asia during the premodern era. This is most often known as the Confucian literati-bureaucratic state, the imperial Chinese bureaucratic state, or the Confucian-Legalist state, that was established and endured most notably in China, but also in several East Asian societies such as Korea, Vietnam, Japan. That state and sociopolitical system also greatly shaped state making in several kingdoms in the region – such as Ryukyu and Dali – which were later merged into larger polities. Illuminating the significance of these historical patterns for today, this book will interest political scientists, historians, philosophers, and the general public.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Zhengxu Wang is Distinguished Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs Fudan University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. in political Science from University of Michigan, and subsequently obtained academic experiences in the National University of Singapore and the UK’s University of Nottingham, where he served as Associate Professor at its School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of its China Policy Institute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Long East Asia
Book Subtitle: The Premodern State and Its Contemporary Impacts
Editors: Zhengxu Wang
Series Title: Governing China in the 21st Century
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8784-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-8783-0Published: 14 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-8786-1Published: 01 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-8784-7Published: 12 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2730-6968
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6976
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 5
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political History, International Relations, Political Science and International Relations, general