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Tianxia and its discontents : Confucian political theology, coloniality, and the global order / Joyce C.H. Liu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liu, Jihui, author.
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary China series ; 272.
- Routledge contemporary China series ; 272
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Foreign relations--Philosophy.
- China.
- Confucianism and world politics.
- Philosophy, Chinese.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 322 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2026.
- System Details:
- digital
- Contents:
- AcknowledgementNote on Earlier VersionsList of Figures Introduction: Inside the Shadow of TianxiaPart I - The Order of Tianxia1. What is Tianxia? 2. Tianxia versus Nomos of the Earth: The Material Apparatus of Tianxia's Colonial CharacterPart II - Beyond Empire: The Persistence of Tianxia Structures in the Modern Nation-State 3. When Enlightenment Mutates: The Great Transformation of Tianxia and the Semiotic Syncretism of Knowledge 4. The Economisation of Psyche: Mental Force between Enlightenment, Political Economy, and Confucian Political Theology 5. Waves upon Waves: Confucian Revivals and the Authoritarian Desire for Legitimacy6. Heaven and Humanity as One: Civilisational Fallacies and the Afterlife of TianxiaPart III - Digital Tianxia: The Algorithmic Empire and the Return of Harmony7. The Rise of China in the Twenty-First Century and the Transformation of the Tianxia Order8. The Digital Tianxia and the Upgrading of Colonial Despotic Techniques 9. The Darker Side of Tianxia and Its Underground Rhizomes Part IV - Outside of Tianxia? Cracks, Surplus, Beginnings10. The Struggle between Confucianism and Legalism: Rethinking the Limits of Confucian Theology and the Possibility of Internal Critique11. The Antinomy of Tianxia and Coexistence: Fang Yi-Zhi's Continuous Critique from Within12. Artistic Decolonization: Xu Bing, Wu Tien-Chang, Chen Chieh-Jen Epilogue - Coexistence Without CaptureReferences Index.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed June 8, 2026).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781040607268
- 1040607268
- 9781040576731
- 1040576737
- 9781003628927
- 1003628923
- Publisher Number:
- 40033235871
- CIPO000378535
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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