The World Imagined Collective Beliefs and Political Order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societies
Book contents
- The World Imagined
- LSE International Studies
- The World Imagined
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Transliteration
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Beyond the Westphalian Gaze
- 2 The Historical–Sociological Approach to Understanding Order in International Systems
- 3 Collective Beliefs and Visions of Order
- Part II The East Asian Sino-centric Order
- Part III The Islamic Cultural–Historical Community
- Part IV Collective Imagination among the Polities of Southeast Asia
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Historical–Sociological Approach to Understanding Order in International Systems
from Part I - Beyond the Westphalian Gaze
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2020
Book contents
- The World Imagined
- LSE International Studies
- The World Imagined
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Transliteration
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Beyond the Westphalian Gaze
- 2 The Historical–Sociological Approach to Understanding Order in International Systems
- 3 Collective Beliefs and Visions of Order
- Part II The East Asian Sino-centric Order
- Part III The Islamic Cultural–Historical Community
- Part IV Collective Imagination among the Polities of Southeast Asia
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter exposes the weaknesses and empirical fallacies of positivist and ahistorical accounts of international order. It shows that sociological and historical scholarship provides a more satisfactory approach to understanding political order and interstate relations. Interpretivist historical reflection on non-European systems consequently sheds light on the interactions between European and other international systems that did not consist of sovereign, territorial polities.
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- The World ImaginedCollective Beliefs and Political Order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societies, pp. 15 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020