The Chinese View of World Order: The Evolving Conceptualization of Tianxia (All-Under-Heaven)

The topic of this thesis is the Chinese view of world order centered on the concept of Tianxia ( and #22825; and #19979; all-under-heaven). After an historical excursus on the origin of the Chinese imperial sociopolitical and philosophical system, the thesis explores the main characteristics of the...

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Main Author: Ravagnoli, Violetta
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14560