The Clash of Empires: The Invention of China in Modern World MakingHarvard University Press, 2004/09/30 - 318 ページ What is lost in translation may be a war, a world, a way of life. A unique look into the nineteenth-century clash of empires from both sides of the earthshaking encounter, this book reveals the connections between international law, modern warfare, and comparative grammar--and their influence on the shaping of the modern world in Eastern and Western terms. |
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The Semiotic Turn of International Politics | 5 |
The Birth of a SuperSign | 31 |
Figuring Sovereignty | 70 |
Translating International Law | 108 |
The Secret of Her Greatness | 140 |
The Sovereign Subject of Grammar | 181 |