Relations and Roles in China's Internationalism: Rediscovering Confucianism in a Pluriversal World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438498881)

Pluriversalism within International Relations and the literature on Chinese international relations each embrace ideas of relation and difference. While they similarly strive for recognition by Western academics, they do not seriously engage with each other. To the extent that either succeeds in winning recognition, it ironically reproduces Western centrism and the binary of the Western versus the non-Western. In Relations and Roles in China's Internationalism, author Chih-yu Shih demonstrates, through a critical translation exercise, that Confucian themes enable both the critique and realignment of liberal thought, allowing all of us, including the members of Confucianism and the neo-liberal order, to understand how we adapt to and coexist with each another. In the end, Confucianism not only informs the pluriversal necessity that all are bound to be related but also de-nationalizes China's internationalism.

Author: Chih-Yu Shih
ISBN-10: 1438498888
ISBN-13: 9781438498881
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2025
Pages: 323
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d