The New Qing History

Waley-Cohen, Joanna

doi:10.1215/01636545-2004-88-193

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“…This literature contests conceptions of East Asia as a Sino-centric, Confucianized harmonious hierarchy (e.g. Crossley, 1999;Elliott, 2001;Rawski, 1996;Waley-Cohen, 2004). Instead, New Qing Historians stress the Empire's Manchu-centric, rather than Sino-centric, nature (e.g.…”

Section: Barbarian Chameleons and The Politics Of Legitimation In Qinmentioning

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“…Waley-Cohen, 2004: 196). They also foreground the Empire's enormous cultural diversity and the proliferation of legitimating codes that held it together (Crossley, 1999;Elliott, 2006;Waley-Cohen, 2004). Finally, New Qing Historians have revealed the Manchus as a proudly martial people who fiercely resisted Sinicization, and repudiated Confucianism's denigration of military power (Chang, 2007;Waley-Cohen, 2006).…”

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Contesting the Confucian peace: Civilization, barbarism and international hierarchy in East Asia

Phillips

2017

European Journal of International Relations

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International Relations scholars have turned to China's tributary system to broaden our understanding of international systems beyond the 'states-under-anarchy' model derived from European history. This scholarship forms the inspiration and foil for this article, which refines International Relations scholars' conceptualizations of how international hierarchy arose and endured in East Asia during the Manchu Qing Dynasty-China's last and most territorially expansive imperial dynasty. I argue that existing conceptions of East Asian hierarchy overstate the importance of mutual identification between the region's Confucian monarchies in sustaining Chinese hegemony. Instead, we can understand Qing China's dominance only once we recognize the Manchus as a 'barbarian' dynasty, which faced unique challenges legitimating its rule domestically and internationally. As 'barbarian' conquerors, Manchus did not secure their rule by simply conforming to pre-existing Sinic cultural norms. Instead, like other contemporary Eurasian empires, they maintained dominance through strategies of heterogeneous contracting. Domestically, they developed customized legitimacy scripts tailored to win the allegiance of the empire's diverse communities. Internationally, meanwhile, the Manchus strategically appropriated existing Confucian norms and practices of tributary diplomacy in ways that mitigated-but did not eliminate-Confucian vassals' resentment of 'barbarian' domination. East Asian hierarchy may have been more peaceful than Westphalian anarchy, but the absence of war masks a more coercive reality where the appearance of Confucian conformity obscured more fractious relations between Qing China and even its ostensibly most loyal vassals.

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Section: Barbarian Chameleons and The Politics Of Legitimation In Qinmentioning

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Contesting the Confucian peace: Civilization, barbarism and international hierarchy in East Asia

Phillips

2017

European Journal of International Relations

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“…22 Joanna Waley-Cohen's decisive 2004 article, clarifying all positions and establishing the "New Qing history" was published in Chinese translation in 2008. 23 At the center of the so-called "New Qing history" are questions particularly surrounding the "Manchuness" of the Qing emperors, and their identity. Was the Qing different from the other Chinese dynasties and why were the Qing rulers so successful?…”

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“…The conclusion was that the Manchus, and the way in which the Qing dynasty is different from other Chinese dynasties, must be taken much more seriously than before. 24 This concerned almost all fields of research, casting new light on questions like imperialism and colonialism, the military, and the culture of war.…”

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Repositioning History for the Future ‐ Recent Academic Debates in China

Eben

2014

History Compass

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Changes in the politics and society in post-Deng China are reflected in the research priorities of mainland Chinese university history departments, while questions of political legitimation in China and contact with colleagues abroad in the United States and Europe continue to generate new research topics. This article intends to show how several factors contribute to the shaping of historical research in China today. Ongoing developments in China will be demonstrated through two examples, namely the field of world history and the discussion surrounding New Qing history in China.

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“…For an overview on the many facets of Qing rule seeWaley-Cohen (2004).4 For an overall account of the emergence of European-American statistics up to 1912, see the recent study of Andrea Bréard. Similarly, first translations of scholarly works on European mathematical and administrative statistics appeared and the government, using mostly Japanese textbooks, undertook attempts to educate specialists in the field.…”

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Structures on the Move

2012

Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context

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The New Qing History

Cited by 75 publications

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Contesting the Confucian peace: Civilization, barbarism and international hierarchy in East Asia

Contesting the Confucian peace: Civilization, barbarism and international hierarchy in East Asia

Repositioning History for the Future ‐ Recent Academic Debates in China

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