This study offers a critique of international relations from the perspective of eminent pre-modern Chinese thinker Gongsun Long. Shedding new light on the interconnected epistemological, ontological, and political dimensions of his thought, Shih and Yu consider a pressing question of our time: how to conceptualize political order in the globalized contemporary world. Gongsun Long's approach in many ways prefigures postmodern thinking, and his writings inspire critical reflections on globalization.
| Introduction: A Pre-Modern Thinker on International Relations |
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Part I Teaching for the Time |
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Part II Reality Instead of Name |
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4 Deconstructive Responses |
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5 Gongsun Long, the Debater |
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6 Rationality Trespassing Reality |
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Part III Post-Western Issues |
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| Conclusion: Post-Post-Western International Relations |
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| Appendix: A Methodological Note |
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| Glossary |
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| References |
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Author Chih-yu Shih: Chih-yu Shih is a University Chair Professor in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University.
