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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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2020]
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| 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.