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Confucian-Legalist State A New Theory of Chinese History

Zhao Dingxin
Innbundet / 2015 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199351732
Publisert
2015
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Oxford University Press Inc
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816 gr
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239 mm
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157 mm
Dybde
38 mm
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UU, UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
472

Forfatter
Zhao Dingxin

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Dingxin Zhao is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of several books, including the award-winning Power of Tiananmen (University of Chicago Press, 2001).

Confucian-Legalist State A New Theory of Chinese History

Zhao Dingxin
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Zhao Dingxin
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A surprisingly rich new macro-historical approach to Chinese civilization.... This wide-ranging work of thoughtful analysis is as refreshing as it is sound, and will repay the reading of anyone interested in understanding China.

Russell Kirkland, University of Georgia

no earlier historians of the modernization school have attempted to make their case with such a thorough discussion of all of history (with the exception of Mark Elvin, who saw a revolution on all fronts in the middle period and stagnation thereafter); have done so in a manner that casts new light on the interpretation of early history; or have taken early modern Europe as a comparative frame for all of China's history. It is a strong defense of the liberal position in China today against those scholars and politicians who claim that China's future can be positively related to its past.

Peter K. Bol, American Historical Review

The Confucian-Legalist State analyzes the history of China between the 11th century BCE and 1911 under the guidance of a new theory of social change. It centers on two questions. First, how and why China was unified and developed into a bureaucratic empire under the state of Qin in 221 BCE? Second, how was it that, until the nineteenth century, the political and cultural structure of China that was institutionalized during the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 8 CE) showed great resilience, despite great changes in demography, socioeconomic structure, ethnic composition, market relations, religious landscapes, technology, and in other respects brought by rebellions or nomadic conquests? In addressing these two questions, author Dingxin Zhao also explains numerous other historical patterns of China, including but not limited to the nature of ancient China's interstate relations, the logics behind the rising importance of imperil Confucianism during the Western Han dynasty and behind the formation of Neo-Confucian society during the Song dynasty (960-1279 CE), the changing nature of China's religious ecology under the age of Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, the pattern of interactions between nomads and sedentary Chinese empires, the rise and dominance of civilian government, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without the coercion of Western imperialism.
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The Confucian-Legalist State proposes a new theory of social change and, in doing so, analyzes the patterns of Chinese history, such as the rise and persistence of a unified empire, the continuous domination of Confucianism, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without Western imperialism.
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Preface ; A Disclaimer ; Maps ; Part I. Empirical and Theoretical Considerations ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: A Theory of Historical Change ; Part II. The Historical Background of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty ; Chapter 2: The Western Zhou (ca. 1045-771 BCE) Order and Its Decline ; Chapter 3: The Historical Setting of Eastern Zhou, an Age of War ; Part III. War-driven Dynamism in Eastern Zhou ; Chapter 4: The Age of Hegemons (770-546 BCE) ; Chapter 5: The Age of Transition (545-420 BCE) ; Chapter 6: In the Age of Total War (419-221 BCE): (1) Philosophies and ; Philosophers ; Chapter 7: In the Age of Total War: (2) Absolutism Prevailing ; Chapter 8: In the Age of Total War: (3) Qin and the Drive toward Unification ; Chapter 9: Western Han and the Advent of the Confucian-Legalist State ; Part IV. The Confucian-Legalist State and Patterns of Chinese History ; Chapter 10: Pre-Song Challenges to the Confucian-Legalist ; Political Framework and Song Responses ; Chapter 11: Relations between Nomads and Settled Chinese in History ; Chapter 12: Neo-Confucianism and the Advent of a <"Confucian Society>" ; Chapter 13: Market Economy under the Confucian-Legalist State ; Concluding Remarks ; References
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"A surprisingly rich new macro-historical approach to Chinese civilization.... This wide-ranging work of thoughtful analysis is as refreshing as it is sound, and will repay the reading of anyone interested in understanding China." Russell Kirkland, University of Georgia "[N]o earlier historians of the modernization school have attempted to make their case with such a thorough discussion of all of history (with the exception of Mark Elvin, who saw a revolution on all fronts in the middle period and stagnation thereafter); have done so in a manner that casts new light on the interpretation of early history; or have taken early modern Europe as a comparative frame for all of China's history. It is a strong defense of the liberal position in China today against those scholars and politicians who claim that China's future can be positively related to its past."--Peter K. Bol, American Historical Review "[H]istorical sociologists, comparative historians, and historians of China should all welcome The Confucian-Legalist State. It represents a major effort to think at a macrolevel about China's historical development."--American Journal of Sociology "Empirically rich and conceptually clear, Zhao's work combines vast historical evidence, cutting-edge social theories, and rigorous analytical strategy to present a compelling case of why China's pattern of state formation diverged from Europe's more than two millennia ago, creating a Confucianist-Legalist centralized bureaucratic state that lasted into modern times. It is historical social sciences at its best. This book is going to change our view on Chinese history forever."--Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University "This is a brilliant, major book. It is ambitious in every sense. Zhao attempts to rewrite both macro-sociological theory and Chinese historical development, and he gives a new answer to the old question of why Europe ultimately developed and China did not. He largely achieves these ambitious goals through an extraordinary combination of erudition and analytical power."--Michael Mann, University of California, Los Angeles "This book offers an intriguing and not uncontroversial explication for a two-part problem of compelling interest today: (1) why was China able to achieve a unified, bureaucratic empire by the Qin dynasty? and (2) why did the imperial institutions and ideology forged in the Qin-Han period show such great resilience over two millennia? Zhao, in moving away from the simplistic narratives offered in all too many textbooks, provides us a fresh look at complicated historical processes that deserve our reconsideration."--Michael Nylan, University of California, Berkeley
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Selling point: Utilizes a previously unpublished study to explore a controversial theory of macro-historical social change Selling point: One of the only books in English to expand upon the history of ancient China in a systematic manner
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Dingxin Zhao is Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement.
Selling point: Utilizes a previously unpublished study to explore a controversial theory of macro-historical social change Selling point: One of the only books in English to expand upon the history of ancient China in a systematic manner
Les mer

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A surprisingly rich new macro-historical approach to Chinese civilization.... This wide-ranging work of thoughtful analysis is as refreshing as it is sound, and will repay the reading of anyone interested in understanding China.

Russell Kirkland, University of Georgia

no earlier historians of the modernization school have attempted to make their case with such a thorough discussion of all of history (with the exception of Mark Elvin, who saw a revolution on all fronts in the middle period and stagnation thereafter); have done so in a manner that casts new light on the interpretation of early history; or have taken early modern Europe as a comparative frame for all of China's history. It is a strong defense of the liberal position in China today against those scholars and politicians who claim that China's future can be positively related to its past.

Peter K. Bol, American Historical Review

The Confucian-Legalist State analyzes the history of China between the 11th century BCE and 1911 under the guidance of a new theory of social change. It centers on two questions. First, how and why China was unified and developed into a bureaucratic empire under the state of Qin in 221 BCE? Second, how was it that, until the nineteenth century, the political and cultural structure of China that was institutionalized during the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 8 CE) showed great resilience, despite great changes in demography, socioeconomic structure, ethnic composition, market relations, religious landscapes, technology, and in other respects brought by rebellions or nomadic conquests? In addressing these two questions, author Dingxin Zhao also explains numerous other historical patterns of China, including but not limited to the nature of ancient China's interstate relations, the logics behind the rising importance of imperil Confucianism during the Western Han dynasty and behind the formation of Neo-Confucian society during the Song dynasty (960-1279 CE), the changing nature of China's religious ecology under the age of Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, the pattern of interactions between nomads and sedentary Chinese empires, the rise and dominance of civilian government, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without the coercion of Western imperialism.
Les mer
The Confucian-Legalist State proposes a new theory of social change and, in doing so, analyzes the patterns of Chinese history, such as the rise and persistence of a unified empire, the continuous domination of Confucianism, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without Western imperialism.
Les mer
Preface ; A Disclaimer ; Maps ; Part I. Empirical and Theoretical Considerations ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: A Theory of Historical Change ; Part II. The Historical Background of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty ; Chapter 2: The Western Zhou (ca. 1045-771 BCE) Order and Its Decline ; Chapter 3: The Historical Setting of Eastern Zhou, an Age of War ; Part III. War-driven Dynamism in Eastern Zhou ; Chapter 4: The Age of Hegemons (770-546 BCE) ; Chapter 5: The Age of Transition (545-420 BCE) ; Chapter 6: In the Age of Total War (419-221 BCE): (1) Philosophies and ; Philosophers ; Chapter 7: In the Age of Total War: (2) Absolutism Prevailing ; Chapter 8: In the Age of Total War: (3) Qin and the Drive toward Unification ; Chapter 9: Western Han and the Advent of the Confucian-Legalist State ; Part IV. The Confucian-Legalist State and Patterns of Chinese History ; Chapter 10: Pre-Song Challenges to the Confucian-Legalist ; Political Framework and Song Responses ; Chapter 11: Relations between Nomads and Settled Chinese in History ; Chapter 12: Neo-Confucianism and the Advent of a <"Confucian Society>" ; Chapter 13: Market Economy under the Confucian-Legalist State ; Concluding Remarks ; References
Les mer
"A surprisingly rich new macro-historical approach to Chinese civilization.... This wide-ranging work of thoughtful analysis is as refreshing as it is sound, and will repay the reading of anyone interested in understanding China." Russell Kirkland, University of Georgia "[N]o earlier historians of the modernization school have attempted to make their case with such a thorough discussion of all of history (with the exception of Mark Elvin, who saw a revolution on all fronts in the middle period and stagnation thereafter); have done so in a manner that casts new light on the interpretation of early history; or have taken early modern Europe as a comparative frame for all of China's history. It is a strong defense of the liberal position in China today against those scholars and politicians who claim that China's future can be positively related to its past."--Peter K. Bol, American Historical Review "[H]istorical sociologists, comparative historians, and historians of China should all welcome The Confucian-Legalist State. It represents a major effort to think at a macrolevel about China's historical development."--American Journal of Sociology "Empirically rich and conceptually clear, Zhao's work combines vast historical evidence, cutting-edge social theories, and rigorous analytical strategy to present a compelling case of why China's pattern of state formation diverged from Europe's more than two millennia ago, creating a Confucianist-Legalist centralized bureaucratic state that lasted into modern times. It is historical social sciences at its best. This book is going to change our view on Chinese history forever."--Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University "This is a brilliant, major book. It is ambitious in every sense. Zhao attempts to rewrite both macro-sociological theory and Chinese historical development, and he gives a new answer to the old question of why Europe ultimately developed and China did not. He largely achieves these ambitious goals through an extraordinary combination of erudition and analytical power."--Michael Mann, University of California, Los Angeles "This book offers an intriguing and not uncontroversial explication for a two-part problem of compelling interest today: (1) why was China able to achieve a unified, bureaucratic empire by the Qin dynasty? and (2) why did the imperial institutions and ideology forged in the Qin-Han period show such great resilience over two millennia? Zhao, in moving away from the simplistic narratives offered in all too many textbooks, provides us a fresh look at complicated historical processes that deserve our reconsideration."--Michael Nylan, University of California, Berkeley
Les mer
Selling point: Utilizes a previously unpublished study to explore a controversial theory of macro-historical social change Selling point: One of the only books in English to expand upon the history of ancient China in a systematic manner
Les mer
Dingxin Zhao is Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement.
Selling point: Utilizes a previously unpublished study to explore a controversial theory of macro-historical social change Selling point: One of the only books in English to expand upon the history of ancient China in a systematic manner
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199351732
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
816 gr
Høyde
239 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
472

Forfatter
Zhao Dingxin

Biografisk notat

Dingxin Zhao is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of several books, including the award-winning Power of Tiananmen (University of Chicago Press, 2001).

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