The world imagined : collective beliefs and political order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societies /

"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....

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Main Author: Spruyt, Hendrik, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
Series:International studies (Cambridge University Press)
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Table of 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.