Shang Yang (d. 338 B.C.E.) was a Chinese statesman and reformer active during the Warring States Period. The Book of Lord Shang, attributed to him and his followers, is credited as a founding text of the so-called Legalist School of thought in early China. Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson professor of Asian studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include The Everlasting Empire: Traditional Chinese Political Culture and Its Enduring Legacy (2012) and Envisioning Eternal Empire: Chinese Political Thought of the Warring States Era (2009).
6 Ebooks von Yuri Pines
Yang Shang: The Book of Lord Shang
Compiled in China in the fourth–third centuries B.C.E., The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to penetrate society and turn every man into a diligent tiller and valiant soldier. …
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Yuri Pines: The Everlasting Empire
Established in 221 BCE, the Chinese empire lasted for 2, 132 years before being replaced by the Republic of China in 1912. During its two millennia, the empire endured internal wars, foreign incursio …
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€57.99
Yuri Pines: Zhou History Unearthed
There is a stark contrast between the overarching importance of history writing in imperial China and the meagerness of historical texts from the centuries preceding the imperial unification of 221 B …
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€32.99
Michal Biran & Yuri Pines: Limits of Universal Rule
All major continental empires proclaimed their desire to rule ‚the entire world‘, investing considerable human and material resources in expanding their territory. Each, however, eventually had to …
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€28.78
Jörg Rüpke & Michal Biran: Empires and Gods
Interaction with religions was one of the most demanding tasks for imperial leaders. Religions could be the glue that held an empire together, bolstering the legitimacy of individual rulers and of th …
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