Communication and Cooperation in Early Imperial China

Publicizing the Qin Dynasty

von Charles Sanft

262 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Challenges traditional views of the Qin dynasty as an oppressive regime by revealing cooperative aspects of its governance.This revealing book challenges longstanding notions of the Qin dynasty, China's first imperial dynasty (221-206 BCE). The received history of the Qin dynasty and its founder is one of cruel tyranny with rule through fear and coercion. Using a wealth of new information afforded by the expansion of Chinese archaeology in recent decades as well as traditional historical sources, Charles Sanft concentrates on cooperative aspects of early imperial government, especially on the communication necessary for government. Sanft suggests that the Qin authorities sought cooperation from the populace with a publicity campaign in a wide variety of media-from bronze and stone inscriptions to roads to the bureaucracy. The book integrates theory from anthropology and economics with early Chinese philosophy and argues that modern social science and ancient thought agree that cooperation is necessary for all human societies.

• Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Asiatische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781438450360
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.01.2015
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: SUNY Press