Imagining a postnational world : : hegemony and space in modern China / / by Marc Andre Matten.

• Superior document: Brill's series on modern East Asia in a global historical perspective, v. 5
• Author: Matten, Marc André.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Series on Modern East Asia in a Global Historical Perspective 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (374 pages) :; illustrations.

This book analyzes the historical significance of rivaling concepts of world order in 20th century East Asia. Since the arrival of European imperialism in 19th century – coupled with its different schools of political philosophy and international law – China has struggled to combine ideas on national sovereignty, spatiality and hegemony in its quest of either imitating or replacing European norms of world order. By analyzing Chinese visions of regional and international order and comparing them with Japanese proposals of that era, this book discusses in detail the relationship of territoriality and political rule, discourses of amity and enmity, and finally the role of hegemoniality in the process of imagining a possible postnational world in 21st century East Asia and beyond.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Space, Territory, and National Sovereignty in Modern East Asia -- 2 Reconceptualizing World Order after the Tribute System -- 3 The Legal Principle of National Sovereignty in Modern East Asia -- 4 The Territoriality of National Sovereignty -- 5 Fighting the White Peril: Japan’s Turn to Spatiality -- 6 Pacifying the Hostis: China’s Return to Ecumenical Morality -- 7 Lessons from the Past: Visions of World Order Today -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.