Beyond Pain: The Role of Pleasure and Culture in the Making of Foreign Affairs

by Thomas A. Breslin

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Breslin demonstrates that, for two millennia, states in East Asia, Europe, and America have successfully used pleasure to protect themselves and advance their interests, at a small fraction of the cost of militarized policies. Indeed, the Chinese demonstrated that pleasure-based policies primed a stream of highly profitable foreign trade and bolstered the state. Pleasure was feared because it was effective as both an offensive and defensive strategy...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0275974316

ISBN13:9780275974312

Release Date:February 2022

Publisher:Praeger

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Comparative Politics Cultural Government History Humanities International Relations Legal Theory & Systems Non-US Legal Systems Political Science Politics & Government

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