Western Political Thought in Dialogue with Asia is a unique collection of essays that examines the exchange of political ideas between Western Europe and Asia from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. The contributors to the volume call for globalizing the scope of research and teaching in the history of political thought.

1 Contents Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 I. Comparative Approaches to Political Thought Chapter 4 1. Comparative Political Theory: What Is It Good For? Chapter 5 2. Toward a Global History of Political Thought Part 6 II. Western Conversations with Asia Chapter 7 3. Varieties of Dialogue: Dialogical Models of Intercultural Communication in Medieval Inter-religious Writings Chapter 8 4. Asia and the Moral Geography of European Enlightenment Political Thought c. 1600-1800 Chapter 9 5. The Ebb and Flow of Peoples, Ideas and Innovations in the River of Intercivilizational Relations: Toward a Global History of Political Thought Chapter 10 6. Viewing Islam through Enlightenment Eyes Chapter 11 7. Dealing with Inequality: A Conversation with Islamic Economics Part 12 III. Asian Dialogues with the West Chapter 13 8. Islamic Responses to Europe at the Dawn of Colonialism Chapter 14 9. From Political Thought in India to Indian Political Thought Chapter 15 10. Indian Alternations: Aurobindo, Ambedkar and After Chapter 16 11. Chinese Conceptions of the State during the Late Qing Dynasty (1860-1911) Chapter 17 12. Is There a Confucian Perspective on Social Justice? Chapter 18 13. Imagining the Body Politic: Metaphor and Political Language in Late Medieval Europe and Tokugawa Japan Chapter 19 14. Meiji Intelligentsia's Riposte 20 Further Readings 21 About the Contributors 22 Index