Sanctioned Violence in Early China (Suny Series in Chinese

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Sanctioned Violence in Early China (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture (Paperback))

This book provides new insight into the creation of the Chinese empire by examining the changing forms of permitted violence--warfare, hunting, sacrifice, punishments, and vengeance. It analyzes the interlinked evolution of these violent practices to reveal changes in the nature of political authority, in the basic units of social organization, and in the fundamental commitments of the ruling elite. The work offers a new interpretation of the changes that underlay the transformation of the Chinese polity from a league of city states dominated by aristocratic lineages to a unified, territorial state controlled by a supreme autocrat and his agents. In addition, it shows how a new pattern of violence was rationalized and how the Chinese of the period incorporated their ideas about violence into the myths and proto-scientific theories that provided historical and natural prototypes for the imperial state.

Country	USA
Author	Mark Edward Lewis
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: State University of New York Press
EAN	9780791400777
Edition	F First Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0791400778
Label	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
MPN	9780791400777
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	390
PartNumber	9780791400777
PublicationDate	1989-08-15
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Studio	State University of New York Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Sanctioned Violence in Early China (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture (Paperback))