Tianxia in Comparative Perspectives : Alternative Models for a Possible Planetary Order.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ames, Roger T.

Contributor:

Tan, Sor-hoon.

Yang, Steven Y. H.

Hershock, Peter D.

Bhargava, Rajeev.

Kelley, Liam C.

Kong, Xinfeng.

Murthy, Viren.

Nakajima, Takahiro.

Pasha, Mustapha Kamal.

Series:

Confucian Cultures Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmopolitanism.

Internationalism.

International relations--Philosophy.

International relations.

Social justice.

Cosmology, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2023.

Summary:

"Tianxia--conventionally translated as "all-under-Heaven"--in everyday Chinese parlance simply means "the world." But tianxia is also a geopolitical term found in canonical writings that has a deeper historical and philosophical significance. Although there are many understandings of tianxia in this literature, interpretations within the Chinese process cosmology generally begin with an ecological understanding of intra-national relations that acknowledge the mutuality and interdependence of all economic and political activity. This volume contextualizes the tianxia vision of geopolitical order within a variety of strategies drawn from a broad spectrum of cultures and peoples: Buddhist, Islamic, Indian, African, Confucian, European. The conversation among the contributors is guided by several central questions: Is tianxia the only model of cosmopolitanism? Are there ideas and ideals comparable to tianxia that exist in other cultures? What alternative perspectives of global justice have inspired Western, Indian, Islamic, Buddhist, and African cultural traditions? The fundamental premise here is that in order for a planetary tianxia system to be relevant and significant for the present time and for our vision of the future, it must acknowledge the plurality of moral ideals defining the world's cultures while at the same time seek practical ways to formulate a minimalist morality that can provide the solidarity needed to bring the world's people together"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Roger T. AMES, Sor-Hoon TAN, and Steven Y. H. YANG

Part I. Challenging Hegemony and Global Capitalism

1. Relationality without Hierarchy: Hong Daeyong's Reappraisal of Tianxia / Jun-Hyeok KWAK

2. Tianxia as Anticosmopolitan and Protoracial: A Case Study of Late Imperial Vietnam / Liam C. KELLEY

3. "We Choose to Go to the Moon" for Truth, Justice, and Peace on Earth: A Dialogue for Socioeconomic Justice between Ubu-ntu and Buren / Mogobe B. RAMOSE

4. Ideology, Quixotism, or Enabling Utopia? The Notion of Tianxia as a Model for a New Form of Global Governance and Coexistence, Seen in the Light of the Japanese Experience / Christian UHL

5. Toward a New World Order: Reading Tianxia with Marx and Hegel / Viren MURTHY

Part II. From Nation-States to a Relational Ecology

6. Why Does Tianxia Need a Nation-State? Nation and Tianxia in Modern China / Ban WANG

7. Comparing the Ancient Chinese Tianxia Order and the Postwar UN-Centric International Order / Qingxin K. WANG

8. Tianxia and Islam / Mustapha Kamal PASHA

9. Tianxia: A Process of Relations / QIN Yaqing

10. Universalizing Tianxia in an East Asian Context / Takahiro NAKAJIMA

11. Virtuosic Relationality and Ethical Diversity: A Buddhist Revisioning of International Relations beyond Anarchy and Hierarchy / Peter D. HERSHOCK

Part III. A Minimalist Morality for Solidarity and Mutual Critique

12. Spheres of Global Justice and Tianxia Theory / Binfan WANG

13. Tianxia and Global Distributive Justice / Sor-hoon TAN

14. Heavenly Governing All-under-Heaven: Reconceptualizing the Confucian Daren 大人 Idea for the Tianxia 天下 Leadership / Xinfeng KONG

15. Without War or Conquest: The Idea of a Global Political Order in Asoka's Dhamma / Rajeev BHARGAVA.

16. From John Dewey to the Confucian "Idea" of Internationalism / Roger T. AMES

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8248-9602-5

OCLC:

1394121629