Bøker av Michael Dillon

Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our television screens and news headlines on a regular basis. But even after a decade in power, he remains shrouded in mystery.From growing up with a father purged in Mao's Cultural Revolution and his mission to eradicate poverty, to his persecution of Uyghur Muslims and paranoia about being likened to Winne the Pooh, Xi Jinping is a man obscured by caricatures. In this short, essential primer, historian and writer Michael Dillon unveils the character of Xi Jinping - arguably the world's most powerful man - to truly understand his grip on China, what he wants and how the West gets him wrong.But this is not just the story of Xi; this is the story of today's largest economic powerhouse, which dives into the crux of the issue - what does Xi's leadership of China mean for the rest of the world, and what will he do next?

Barely a century removed from the struggling and outdated Qing Empire, China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale: from Empire, to Communist state, to hybrid capitalist superpower. This title explores these contrasts in detail, while also highlighting the enduring values which have informed Chinese identity for millennia.

Provides an introduction to the biopolitics of security in the 21st century, written by one of the leading scholars in the field.

This is a reconstruction of the history of the Muslim community in China known today as the Hui, or often as the Chinese Muslims, as distinct from the Turkic Muslims such as the Uyghurs. It traces their history from the earliest period of Islam in China up to the present day.

This reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Chinese civilization from Peking Man to the present day. Subjects covered include history, politics, art, archaeology and literature. Chinese terms are in Pinyin Romanization and characters are given for the subject headings.

In this critique of security studies, with insights into the thinking of Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Levinas and Arendt, the author contributes to the re-thinking of some of the fundamentals of international politics, developing what might be called a political philosophy of continental thought.