Abstract
The Pacific Rim is understood almost exclusively in material terms, as an area of rapidly expanding trade and economies. This obscures the region's traditions of social, political, and religious thought. Some of that thought offers provocative ideas for contemporary debates about the future of the state. For example, ancient Daoism—the works of Lao Zi (Lao Tzu), Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu) and Lie Zi—provides a non‐violent alternative to the state and other conventional forms of power. The value of such an alternative can easily be understood in the light of violent anti‐state activities that have emerged in Japan, the U.S., and Europe.
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