| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 338 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Contributions to international relations, 2731-507X |
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Contributions to international relations. 2731-507X
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| Contents |
5 Lun-Jen and the Kinship-State -- 1 An Examination of Several Models -- 2 A Few Points of Analysis -- 3 The State Form of the Ancient China: The Kinship-State -- 4 Lun Jen and the Kinship-State: An Exploration of Psychological Culture -- References -- 6 The Lun Jen and "All-Under-Heaven" (Tianxia) -- 1 Li (Rites): An Ancient East Asian International Order Based on the "Role Principle" -- 2 The Operation of the Role Principle: The Three "Cultures" of the "World" System -- 3 The Internalization of the "All-Under-Heaven" System -- 4 The Shortcomings of the Chinese Tributary System and Its Collapse -- References -- 7 "Harmony" and the Psychosocial Homeostasis Model of the Lun Jen -- 1 Harmony in a Negative Sense: Characteristics of the PSH Model of the Lun Jen -- 2 Harmony in a Positive Sense: Psycho-Cultural Orientation of the Lun Jen -- 3 "The Myth of Chinese Expansionism": A Psycho-Culturological Perspective Explanation -- References -- 8 China in the Modern Nation-State System: The Way Forward and the Dilemma -- 1 Challenge 1: A Model of the Kinship-State that Has Lasted for Thousands of Years Versus a Modern Nation-State System -- 2 Challenge 2 China's Unique Civilizational Experience and International Rules -- 3 Challenge 3 Rapidly Increasing "Hard Power" and Weaker "Soft Power" -- 4 Challenge 4 Order and Freedom -- References -- Part III "The Individual Jen" and the Contemporary International Order -- 9 The Individual Jen, the Individual State, and the Modern International Order -- 1 "The Individual Jen": The "Human Constant" in Western Society -- 2 "The Individual Jen" and Modern Western "Nation-State" -- 3 Psychosocial Homeostasis and Human Evil: The Cultural and Psychological Foundations of the "Security Dilemma" in the Modern Nation-State -- 4 The International System, Modern Civilization, and the "Individual Jen" -- References |
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10 Peace and the Evolution of the International System -- 1 The Origins of the Modern International System -- 2 The International System and Peace After World War II -- 3 The International System and Peace in the Age of Globalization -- 4 Restraining War: The Civilizational Evolution of the International System -- References -- 11 "The Rugged Individual Jen": The American Human Constant and the Analysis of Its Psychosocial Homeostasis -- 1 The Rugged Individual Jen: The American Human Constant and its Dimensions -- 2 The Psychosocial Homeostasis Model of the Rugged Individual Jen -- 3 Affective Control Mechanisms and Libido Factors in the Process of Psychosocial Homeostasis -- References -- 12 The "Outer World" of the Rugged Individual Jen -- 1 "Ego" of the Rugged Individual Jen and Messianism -- 2 Transactional Human Relations and the Tendency to Worship "Profit" and "Power" in U.S. Diplomacy -- 3 Competitive Interpersonal Relations and Illusory Tendencies in U.S. Foreign Relations -- References -- 13 Soft Power, Rugged Individualism, and American Human Constant -- 1 Soft power, Cultural Attractiveness and Rugged Individualism -- 2 The Performance of U.S. Soft Power -- 3 The Psychological and Cultural Foundations of American Soft Power: American Human Constant -- 4 Why is American Soft Power Attractive? -- 5 The Limits of Individualism as the Basis of U.S. "Soft Power" -- References -- Part IV State Forms and Interstate Relations of Japan and India -- 14 The Human Constant of the Japanese People and Japanese Diplomacy -- 1 Efforts to Explore Japanese Behavior Patterns -- 2 "The Yuan Jen": The Human Constant of the Japanese People -- 3 Ethnicity and Japanese Diplomacy -- 4 "Peace", "Harmony", "Nemawasi", and Japanese Diplomacy -- 5 Amae, Okami, and Japanese Diplomacy -- References |
| Summary |
This book explores the relationship between the "human constant" (Jen) of the four large-scale civilizational societies--China, the USA, Japan, and India--and their international behavior, response patterns, and interaction with the international system. The book analyzes the characteristics and limitations of the current international system, as well as the way it is related to the Western type of "human constant." It also analyzes the challenges facing China in its integration into the international system. This book aims to explore international relations from the combined psychological and cultural perspective. The key concept of this book is "Jen" which contains a distinct Chinese cultural experience, into the theory of international relations. Unlike other IR books to treat state as the main political actor, the book analyzes both the political aspects of state as an "organizational entity" and its civilizational aspects as a "civilizational entity" hence, it proposes a new ontology of international relations. By integrating the concept of "Jen" based on the unique Chinese cultural experience into the theory of international relations, the book reveals the interactive nature of relationship between the international system and "human constant." The book explains the causal relationship between state's behavior and its "human constant" analyzes the cultural characteristics of state actors and the international system, and tries to provide a new theoretical framework for understanding culture and modernity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 23, 2023) |
| Subject |
International relations -- Sociological aspects
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Foreign relations -- Sociological aspects
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Sociological aspects
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- Sociological aspects
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India -- Foreign relations -- Sociological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789819961207 |
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9819961203 |
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