Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia

by Mark Edward Lewis

Violence, both physical and nonphysical, is central to any society, but it is a version of the problem that it claims to solve. This Element examines how states in ancient East Asia, from the late Shang through the end of the Han dynasty, wielded violence to create and display authority, and also how their licit violence was entangled in the 'savage' or 'criminal' violence whose suppression justified their power. The East Asian cases are supplemented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108972144
• ISBN13: 9781108972147
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"