Chapter 3 Sovereign Authority and Violence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 Signs of Authority and the “Marks of a Great Man” 42
6. Chapter 2 Great Manhood and Martial Masculinity 80
7. Chapter 3 Sovereign Authority and Violence 125
8. Chapter 4 Sovereign Selfhood and Agency 181
9. Chapter 5 Chan Hospitality 219
10. Conclusion: A Discerning Age 261
11. Conventions 269
12. Abbreviations 271
13. Notes 273
14. Bibliography 333
15. Index 355