The University of California Press with support from the Berggruen Institute has published Amitav Acharya, Daniel A. Bell, Rajeev Bhargava, and Yan Xuetong, eds., Bridging Two Worlds: Comparing Classical Political Thought and Statecraft in India and China. The full text is available for download here; the Table of Contents is below.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | xi | |
| Setting the Stage, Part 1: Overview of the Project | Daniel A. Bell | 1 |
| Setting the Stage, Part 2: Why Compare the Classical Political Thought of China and India? | Amitav Acharya | 22 |
| Theme I: Methodology | 37 | |
| 1. Mining the Past to Construct the Present: Some Methodological Considerations from India | Patrick Olivelle
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39 |
| 2. Some Methodological Reflections: In Defense of Philosophy of Culture and Thick Generalizations | Roger T. Ames
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59 |
| Theme II: Political Leadership | 75 | |
| 3. How do Xunzi and Kautilya Ponder Interstate Politics? | Yan Xuetong | 77 |
| 4. Ashoka’s Dhamma as a Project of Expansive Moral Hegemony | Rajeev Bhargava | 96 |
| Theme III: Amoral Realism | 117 | |
| 5. A Comparative Study on the International Political Thoughts of Han Feizi and Kautilya (Chanakya) | Xu Jin | 119 |
| 6. The Spectre of “Amoral Realism” in International Relations: A Classical Indian Overview | Deepshikha Shahi | 133 |
| Theme IV: Empire | 153 | |
| 7. The Particularity of Ancient China as an Empire | Zhou Fangyin | 155 |
| 8. Ideas of Empire in Ancient India in a Comparative Frame | Upinder Singh | 170 |
| Theme V: Just War | 187 | |
| 9. The Mahābhārata, Mencius, and the Modern World: Reflections on Dharmayuddha and Ānṛśaṃsya | Kanad Sinha | 189 |
| 10. Mencius on Just War: A Comparison with Political Thought in Ancient India | Daniel A. Bell | 208 |
| Theme VI: Diplomacy | 221 | |
| 11. India’s Diplomacy in Absentia: Violence, Defense, Offense | Deep K. Datta-Ray | 223 |
| 12. From Ancient Silk Road to Modern Belt and Road Initiative: A Signaling Approach to Trust-Building across Narratives | Zhao Yujia | 241 |
| Theme VII: Balancing, Hegemony, and Mandalas | 265 | |
| 13. Balancing in Ancient China | Qi Haixia | 267 |
| 14. International Order in Ancient India | Manjeet S. Pardesi | 284 |
This sounds very interesting! I must look into it.