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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2020 Sebestyén Hompot, published by Sciendo
- ISSN
- 2521-7038
- eISSN
- 2521-7038
- DOI
- 10.2478/vjeas-2020-0006
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractThe article investigates the recent (2000–2019) mainland Chinese historiography on the Sinocentric tributary system of the Míng and Qīng periods (1368–1912). The theoretical approach of the article is based on Foucauldian discourse theory, as well as Chinese theoretical scholarship on the evolution of Chinese thought. Its methodology is primarily based on Reiner Keller’s sociological discourse research method. The main body of the article is structured upon the major fields of argumentation of the discourse, identified by the author as “the validity of the term ‘tributary system,’” “the tributary system and pre-modern Chinese culture,” “the tributary system and Míng-Qīng Chinese socio-economic history,” and “the tributary system and the regional political order.” The article argues that the ‘discursive struggle’ in recent historiography on the tributary system is primarily a result of its contested interpretation and evaluation under current dominant framings of an ideal international order—one centred around the principles of national sovereignty and “win-win” economic cooperation.
Journal
Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies – de Gruyter
Published: Dec 1, 2020