BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsSovereignty\, Order and Con flict presentsThe World Imagined: Collective Beliefs \;and Political O rder in the Sinocentric\, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societ ies.Taking an inter-disciplinary approach\, Spruyt\nexplains the political organization of three non-European international\nsocieties from early mo dernity to the late nineteenth century. The Ottoman\,\nSafavid and Mughal empires\; the Sinocentric tributary system\; and the Southeast\nAsian gala ctic empires\, all which differed in key respects from the modern\nWestpha lian state system. In each of these societies\, collective beliefs were\nc ritical in structuring domestic orders and relations with other polities.\ nThese multi-ethnic empires allowed for greater accommodation and heteroge neity\nin comparison to the homogeneity that is demanded by the modern nat ion-state.\nFurthermore\, Spruyt examines the encounter between these non- European systems\nand the West. Contrary to unidirectional descriptions of the encounter\, these\nnon-Westphalian polities creatively adapted to Wes tern principles of\norganization and international conduct. By illuminatin g the encounter of the\nWest and these Eurasian polities\, this book serve s to question the popular\nwisdom of modernity\, wherein the Western natio n-state is perceived as the\ndesired norm\, to be replicated in other poli ties.Hendrik SpruytProfessor\, Northwestern University \;Hendrik Spruy t\nis the Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations in the \ndepartment of Political Science at Northwestern University.Click here to registerFor more information\, please contact Ryan Griffiths\, rgriff01@s yr.edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contac t Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu. DTEND:20201106T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260418T201428Z DTSTART:20201106T150000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The World Imagined UID:RFCALITEM639121256680041663 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Sovereignty\, Order and Conflict presents


The World Imagined: Collective Beliefs \;and Political O rder in the Sinocentric\, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societ ies.

Taking an inter-disciplinary approach\, Spruyt\nexplains th e political organization of three non-European international\nsocieties fr om early modernity to the late nineteenth century. The Ottoman\,\nSafavid and Mughal empires\; the Sinocentric tributary system\; and the Southeast\ nAsian galactic empires\, all which differed in key respects from the mode rn\nWestphalian state system. In each of these societies\, collective beli efs were\ncritical in structuring domestic orders and relations with other polities.\nThese multi-ethnic empires allowed for greater accommodation a nd heterogeneity\nin comparison to the homogeneity that is demanded by the modern nation-state.\nFurthermore\, Spruyt examines the encounter between these non-European systems\nand the West. Contrary to unidirectional desc riptions of the encounter\, these\nnon-Westphalian polities creatively ada pted to Western principles of\norganization and international conduct. By illuminating the encounter of the\nWest and these Eurasian polities\, this book serves to question the popular\nwisdom of modernity\, wherein the We stern nation-state is perceived as the\ndesired norm\, to be replicated in other polities.


Hendrik Spruyt

Pr ofessor\, Northwestern University \;

Hendrik Spruyt\nis the Norm an Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations in the\ndepartment o f Political Science at Northwestern University.


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For more information\, please contact Ryan Griffiths\, r griff01@syr.edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, plea se contact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu.

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