LEADER 03536 am 2200541 n 450 001 9910496006003321 005 20210513 010 $a2-7226-0575-9 024 7 $a10.4000/books.cdf.11180 035 $a(CKB)4100000011923654 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-cdf-11180 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/87283 035 $a(PPN)255906544 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011923654 100 $a20210513j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistorians of Asia on Political Violence /$fAnne Cheng, Sanchit Kumar 210 $aParis $cCollège de France$d2021 225 1 $aInstitut des civilisations 330 $aIn 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, teems with violence, and that violence is part and parcel of any kind of polity. Furthermore, the political violence which is the topic of this volume is not just about war, it can take on very diverse forms, including, as will be shown by some of the articles presented here, iconic vandalism, distorted modes of interpretation, warped forms of ideological discourse, collective amnesia and negationism. The present volume is the second of the ?Myriades d?Asies? series inaugurated with India-China: Intersecting Universalities. Just as the preceding one, it is a collection of articles resulting from an international conference organised by the Chair of Chinese Intellectual History in June 2019. As a reflection of the Collège de France spirit of public service intent on making knowledge available to all for free, all the volumes of the series are published online and in open access. Our hope is that these articles, written by eminent historians of Asia and from very different viewpoints which cut across vast expanses of time and space, will lead readers and researchers alike to reflect further on the multiple faces of political violence, as well as their infinite complexities, so as to avoid giving in to ideological and judgmental binaries that are the common junk food for non-thought. This seems to be increasingly essential today since the 21st century is supposed to be the century of Asia. 606 $aAsian history$2bicssc 610 $aChinese studies 610 $aAsia 610 $aAsianism 610 $ahistory 610 $aarchaeology 610 $aarcheology 615 7$aAsian history 700 $aAhuja$b Naman P$01365417 701 $aBonnin$b Michel$0647135 701 $aCheng$b Anne$0242222 701 $aDufourmont$b Eddy$01293724 701 $aKumar$b Sanchit$01363987 701 $aNanta$b Arnaud$01365418 701 $aSingh$b Upinder$01318361 701 $aTankha$b Brij$01148115 701 $aThapar$b Romila$0451057 701 $aCheng$b Anne$0242222 701 $aKumar$b Sanchit$01363987 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910496006003321 996 $aHistorians of Asia on Political Violence$93387281 997 $aUNINA