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Historians of Asia on Political Violence

La violence politique vue par les historiens de l’Asie

In the general opinion, Asia as a whole tends to be represented (and more often than not, to represent itself) as devoid of violence: look at Indian “non-violence”, Chinese Taoist “non-action”, Confucian “harmony”, Buddhist “love for peace” or Japanese “Zen philosophy”… This may fill the shelves of “Oriental wisdom” sections in our bookshops, but most historians do not buy into this kind of “feel good” projections and are acutely aware that any society whatsoever, wherever it is located, t...


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Editor's note

Cover illustration: group of headless statues at the Qianling Mausoleum dedicated to Emperor Gaozong (d. 683) of the Tang Dynasty and located about 80 kilometers east of Xi’an.
Illustration de couverture : groupe de statues sans tête au mausolée de Qianling dédié à l’Empereur Gaozong (mort en 683) de la dynastie Tang et situé à environ 80 kilomètres à l’est de Xi’an.

  • Publisher : Collège de France
  • Series : Institut des civilisations
  • Place of publication : Paris
  • Year of publication : 2021
  • Published on OpenEdition Books : 13 mai 2021
  • Electronic EAN : 978-2-7226-0575-6
  • DOI : 10.4000/books.cdf.11180

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