Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia

Auteur: Lewis, Mark Edward (Stanford University, California)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
This Element examines how states in ancient East Asia wielded violence to create and display authority. It also explores how their licit violence was entangled in the violence whose suppression justified their power, suggesting that violence is a version of the problem it claims to solve.
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This Element examines how states in ancient East Asia wielded violence to create and display authority. It also explores how their licit violence was entangled in the violence whose suppression justified their power, suggesting that violence is a version of the problem it claims to solve.
ISBN / EAN 9781108972147
Auteur Lewis, Mark Edward (Stanford University, California)
Editeur Cambridge University Press