| ID | 113781 |
| Title Proper | Premodern Southeast Asia as a guide to international relations between peoples |
| Other Title Information | prowess and prestige in intersocietal relations in the Sejarah Melayu |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chong, Alan |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Contemporary research on the international relations of Southeast Asia has neglected the latent possibilities of reading non-western indigenous forms of international relations as a contribution to worldwide debates on the nature of international politics. Drawing on one precolonial account of Southeast Asian political practices in the Malay Archipelago, the Sejarah Melayu, this article proposes that Southeast Asians have previously philosophized about "intersocietal relations" in ways that privilege noble prowess, knowledge quests, and hierarchical justice through the interdependence of trade and culture within the region, and with India, China, and the Arab world. These features can still speak to contemporary relations between peoples rather than states and to security issues within borderless regions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Alternatives Vol. 37, No.2; May 2012: p.87-105 |
| Journal Source | Alternatives Vol. 37, No.2; May 2012: p.87-105 |
| Key Words | Sejarah Melayu ; Southeast Asian International Thought ; Intersocietal Relations |