Sacred mandates : Asian international relations since Chinggis Khan / edited by Timothy Brook, Michael van Walt van Praag, and Miek Boltjes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brook, Timothy, 1951- editor.

Walt van Praag, M. C. van, editor.

Boltjes, Miek, editor.

Series:

Silk roads (Chicago, Ill.)

Silk roads

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Foreign relations.

Asia.

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 277 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Summary:

Contemporary discussions of international relations in Asia tend to be tethered to 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 interpolity relations in Inner and East Asia from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, in order to understand how these relations formed and to develop policies to address challenges in the region today. This book argues that understanding the diversity of past legal orders helps explain origins and dynamics of contemporary conflict, as well as competing historical narratives that animate present-day tensions. Rather than proceed sequentially by way of dynasties, the editors identify three "worlds"-Chinggisid Mongol, Tibetan Buddhist, and Confucian Sinic-that represent different forms of civilizational authority and legal order. This novel framework enables us to escape the modem tendency to view the international system solely as the interaction of independent states, and instead detect the effects of the complicated history at play between and within regions. The material the book presents rests on the work of contributors from a wide range of disciplines covering many topics: the development of international law, sovereignty, state formation, ruler legitimacy, and imperial expansion, as well as the role of spiritual authority on state behavior, the impact of modernization, and the challenges to peace. The culmination of five years of collaborative research, Sacred Mandates will be the definitive historical guide to international and intrastate relations in Asia, of interest to policy makers and scholars alike, for years to come. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Three Worlds; Three Bodies of International Law 1

The past in Asia's present 2

Beyond China 5

Marco Polo and the protection of emissaries 9

International law before "international law" 12

Sovereignty in Asia before the modern era 15

The straitjacket of the modern law of nations 19

Chapter 2 Chinggisid Rule and the Mongol Great State 25

The emergence of the Chinggisid state / Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene Munkh-Erdene, Lhamsuren 29

Imperial allocation of fiefs and the resilience of Chinggisid law / Koichi Matsuda Matsuda, Koichi 33

Imperial subjugation of polities and extension into Tibet / Koichi Matsuda Matsuda, Koichi 38

Mongol perceptions of "China" and the Yuan dynasty / Hodong Kim Kim, Hodong 45

Chinese legitimation of the Mongol regime and the legacy of "unification" 49

Chapter 3 Interpolity Relations and the Tribute System of Ming China 57

Rituals of hierarchy 58

The tribute system and regime legitimacy 64

Power and the use of force / Yuan-Kang Wang Wang, Yuan-Kang 70

Civilizational rhetoric and the obfuscation of power politics / Geoff Wade Wade, Geoff 75

Convergence and conflict: Dai Viet in the Sinic order / Liam Kelley Kelley, Liam 84

Reproduction of the tribute system 84

Chapter 4 The Tibetan Buddhist World 90

The symbiosis of spiritual and temporal authority 94

Rule by relationship 98

Mongol pilgrimages and the transfer of wealth to Tibet / Dalizhabu 101

State building in the Himalayas / John Ardussi Ardussi, John 107

Tibetan-Manchu relations 113

Imperial directives in the language of chö-yön / Matthew Kapstein Kapstein, Matthew 116

Chapter 5 The Manchu Great State 123

State formation and legitimation / Nicola Di Cosmo Cosmo, Nicola Di 125

Relations with the Mongols 132

Extension of control over the Mongols / Hiroki Oka Oka, Hiroki 134

Relations with Tibet 139

Etiquette and the communication of power relations / Nobuaki Murakami Murakami, Nobuaki 140

Manchu positioning in relation to the Chinese civilizational world 146

Guest ritual and Qing international relations / Pamela Crossley Crossley, Pamela 148

Chapter 6 Transitions to The Modern State System 155

The new paradigm of international relations 157

Japan's quest for a place in the new world order / Shogo Suzuki Suzuki, Shogo 159

Korea's transitions and the hypocrisy of modern law / Kirk Larsen Larsen, Kirk 167

From mandala to modernity: The breakdown of imperial orders / Alex Mckay Mckay, Alex 175

Chapter 7 The Presence of the Past 183

Conflicts and the deployment of history 184

The great reinterpretation 191

History in play today 196.

ISBN:

9780226562629

022656262X

9780226562766

022656276X

OCLC:

1004257762