CHINESE TRIBUTARY SYSTEM RECONSIDERED: THEORY, HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE PROBLEM OF EXCEPTIONALISM

Ivica  Bakota

doi:10.21618/fil2633093b

Autori

Ivica Bakota Capital Normal University Department of History

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21618/fil2633093b

Ključne reči:

Chaogong, kineski tributarni sistem, romantizam, realizam, istoriografija

Apstrakt

Autor tvrdi da prividna izuzetnost i moderna primjenljivost tradicionalnog kineskog tributarnog sistema nikako nisu nesporne istorijske činjenice ili suštinske istorijske realnosti, već proizvod selektivne istoriografske konstrukcije, konsolidovane preko klasicističke i romantičarske nauke, a sve više osporene realističkim, komparativnim i relacionim istraživanjima. Ključno je da se ova konstrukcija pojavila unutar zapadnog analitičkog horizonta: sam „tributarni sistem” nastao je kao semantička pozajmljenica koju je nametnuo poznati zapadni politički rječnik, prateći poredak, sistem, hijerarhiju i suverenitet, heterogenim praksama koje okružuju fenomen „chaogonga”, a koje su prethodile vestfalskim međunarodnim odnosima. Tek kasnije je ovaj koncept djelimično preveden ponovo u kineski akademski i politički diskurs, gdje se konstituisao kao autohtona, interno koherentna tradicija. Umjesto da ponudi alternativni model međunarodnog poretka, concept „chaogonga” stoga više otkriva kako se civilizacijski narativi kristališu oko akademskih praksi biranja, koje se potom mobilišu da legitimišu savremene političke i teorijske tvrdnje.

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