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Auteur(s) : Pines, Yuri
Titre(s) : The Everlasting empire [Texte imprimé] : the political culture of ancient China and its imperial legacy / Yuri Pines
Publication : Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : 245 p. : map ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; The ideal of "great unity" ; The monarch ; The literati ; Local
elite ; The people ; Imperial political culture in the modern age.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Established in 221 BCE, the Chinese empire lasted for 2,132 years before being replaced
by the Republic of China in 1912. During its two millennia, the empire endured internal
wars, foreign incursions, alien occupations, and devastating rebellions--yet fundamental
institutional, sociopolitical, and cultural features of the empire remained intact.
The Everlasting Empire traces the roots of the Chinese empire's exceptional longevity
and unparalleled political durability, and shows how lessons from the imperial past
are relevant for China today ; Yuri Pines demonstrates that the empire survived and
adjusted to a variety of domestic and external challenges through a peculiar combination
of rigid ideological premises and their flexible implementation. The empire's major
political actors and neighbors shared its fundamental ideological principles, such
as unity under a single monarch--hence, even the empire's strongest domestic and foreign
foes adopted the system of imperial rule. Yet details of this rule were constantly
negotiated and adjusted. Pines shows how deep tensions between political actors including
the emperor, the literati, local elites, and rebellious commoners actually enabled
the empire's basic institutional framework to remain critically vital and adaptable
to ever-changing sociopolitical circumstances. As contemporary China moves toward
a new period of prosperity and power in the twenty-first century, Pines argues that
the legacy of the empire may become an increasingly important force in shaping the
nation's future trajectory."--pub. desc
Sujet(s) : Culture politique -- Chine -- Histoire
Civilisation -- Chine -- Histoire
Politique et gouvernement -- Chine -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691134956 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0691134952 (hardcover) (alk. paper)
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