The Mandate of Heaven - Strategy, Revolution, and the First European Translation of Sunzi's Art of War (1772)

The Mandate of Heaven examines the first European version of Sunzi's Art of War. His work is presented in English for the first time.

About the author

Adam Parr is a professor at the University of Western Australia. He read English at the University of Cambridge and received his PhD at University College London. His doctoral thesis was on the translation of classical military theory following the Seven Years' War (1756-63).

Product details

• Authors: Adam Parr
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2019
• EAN: 9789004414495
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41449-5
• No. of pages: 335
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Series: Jesuit Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics