Confucian Political Philosophy

Author : Stephen C. Angle
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745661537

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Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy by Stephen C. Angle Pdf

Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible introduction to the main perspectives and topics being debated today, and shows why Progressive Confucianism is a particularly promising approach. Students of political theory or contemporary politics will learn that far from being confined to a museum, contemporary Confucianism is both responding to current challenges and offering insights from which we can all learn. The Progressive Confucianism defended here takes key ideas of the twentieth-century Confucian philosopher Mou Zongsan (1909-1995) as its point of departure for exploring issues like political authority and legitimacy, the rule of law, human rights, civility, and social justice. The result is anti-authoritarian without abandoning the ideas of virtue and harmony; it preserves the key values Confucians find in ritual and hierarchy without giving in to oppression or domination. A central goal of the book is to present Progressive Confucianism in such a way as to make its insights manifest to non-Confucians, be they philosophers or simply citizens interested in the potential contributions of Chinese thinking to our emerging, shared world.

Author : Joseph Chan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691168166

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Confucian Perfectionism by Joseph Chan Pdf

Since the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances. Contemporary Confucians must develop a viable method of governance that can retain the spirit of the Confucian ideal while tackling problems arising from nonideal modern situations. The best way to meet this challenge, Joseph Chan argues, is to adopt liberal democratic institutions that are shaped by the Confucian conception of the good rather than the liberal conception of the right. Confucian Perfectionism examines and reconstructs both Confucian political thought and liberal democratic institutions, blending them to form a new Confucian political philosophy. Chan decouples liberal democratic institutions from their popular liberal philosophical foundations in fundamental moral rights, such as popular sovereignty, political equality, and individual sovereignty. Instead, he grounds them on Confucian principles and redefines their roles and functions, thus mixing Confucianism with liberal democratic institutions in a way that strengthens both. Then he explores the implications of this new yet traditional political philosophy for fundamental issues in modern politics, including authority, democracy, human rights, civil liberties, and social justice. Confucian Perfectionism critically reconfigures the Confucian political philosophy of the classical period for the contemporary era.

Author : Robert A. Carleo III,Yong Huang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030706111

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Confucian Political Philosophy by Robert A. Carleo III,Yong Huang Pdf

This book debates the values and ideals of Confucian politics—harmony, virtue, freedom, justice, order—and what these ideals mean for Confucian political philosophy today. The authors deliberate these eminent topics in five debates centering on recent innovative and influential publications in the field. Challenging and building on those works, the dialogues consider the roles of benevolence, family determination, public reason, distributive justice, and social stability in Confucian political philosophy. In response, the authors defend their views and evaluate their critics in turn. Taking up a broad range of crucial issues—autonomy, liberty, democracy, political legitimacy, human welfare—these author-meets-critic debates will appeal to scholars interested in political, comparative, and East Asian philosophy. Their interlaced themes weave a portrait of what is at stake in discussing Confucian values and theory. Most importantly, they engage and develop the state of the field of Confucian political philosophy today.

Author : Loubna El Amine
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691163048

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Classical Confucian Political Thought by Loubna El Amine Pdf

The intellectual legacy of Confucianism has loomed large in efforts to understand China's past, present, and future. While Confucian ethics has been thoroughly explored, the question remains: what exactly is Confucian political thought? Classical Confucian Political Thought returns to the classical texts of the Confucian tradition to answer this vital question. Showing how Confucian ethics and politics diverge, Loubna El Amine argues that Confucian political thought is not a direct application of Confucian moral philosophy. Instead, contrary to the conventional view that Confucian rule aims to instill virtue in all members of society, El Amine demonstrates that its main aim is to promote political order. El Amine analyzes key aspects of the Confucian political vision, including the relationship between the ruler and the people, the typology of rulers, and the role of ministers and government officials. She also looks at Confucianism’s account of the mechanisms through which society is to be regulated, from welfare policies to rituals. She explains that the Confucian conception of the political leaves space open for the rule of those who are not virtuous if these rulers establish and maintain political order. She also contends that Confucians defend the duty to take part in government based on the benefits that such participation can bring to society. Classical Confucian Political Thought brings a new understanding to Confucian political theory by illustrating that it is not chiefly idealistic and centered on virtue, but rather realistic and driven by political concerns.

Author : Sungmoon Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108499422

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Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics by Sungmoon Kim Pdf

Makes Mencius' and Xunzi's political thought accessible to political theorists, philosophers and scientists with no expertise in classical Chinese or sinology.

Author : Leonard Shih-Lien 1901- Hsü
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014011620

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The Political Philosophy of Confucianism by Leonard Shih-Lien 1901- Hsü Pdf

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Author : Tongdong Bai
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691230207

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Against Political Equality by Tongdong Bai Pdf

How a hybrid Confucian-engendered form of governance might solve today’s political problems What might a viable political alternative to liberal democracy look like? In Against Political Equality, Tongdong Bai offers a possibility inspired by Confucian ideas. Bai argues that domestic governance influenced by Confucianism can embrace the liberal aspects of democracy along with the democratic ideas of equal opportunities and governmental accountability to the people. But Confucianism would give more political decision-making power to those with the moral, practical, and intellectual capabilities of caring for the people. While most democratic thinkers still focus on strengthening equality to cure the ills of democracy, the proposed hybrid regime—made up of Confucian-inspired meritocratic characteristics combined with democratic elements and a quasi-liberal system of laws and rights—recognizes that egalitarian qualities sometimes conflict with good governance and the protection of liberties, and defends liberal aspects by restricting democratic ones. Bai applies his views to the international realm by supporting a hierarchical order based on how humane each state is toward its own and other peoples, and on the principle of international interventions whereby humane responsibilities override sovereignty. Exploring the deficiencies posed by many liberal democracies, Against Political Equality presents a novel Confucian-engendered alternative for solving today’s political problems.

Author : Leonard Shihlien Hsü
Publisher : Routledge/Curzon
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036561301

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The Political Philosophy of Confucianism by Leonard Shihlien Hsü Pdf

Author : Daniel K. Gardner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195398915

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Confucianism by Daniel K. Gardner Pdf

This volume shows the influence of the Sage's teachings over the course of Chinese history--on state ideology, the civil service examination system, imperial government, the family, and social relations--and the fate of Confucianism in China in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as China developed alongside a modernizing West and Japan. Some Chinese intellectuals attempted to reform the Confucian tradition to address new needs; others argued for jettisoning it altogether in favor of Western ideas and technology; still others condemned it angrily, arguing that Confucius and his legacy were responsible for China's feudal, ''backward'' conditions in the twentieth century and launching campaigns to eradicate its influences. Yet Chinese continue to turn to the teachings of Confucianism for guidance in their daily lives.

Author : Robert A. Carleo III,Yong Huang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030706125

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Confucian Political Philosophy by Robert A. Carleo III,Yong Huang Pdf

This book debates the values and ideals of Confucian politics-harmony, virtue, freedom, justice, order-and what these ideals mean for Confucian political philosophy today. The authors deliberate these eminent topics in five debates centering on recent innovative and influential publications in the field. Challenging and building on those works, the dialogues consider the roles of benevolence, family determination, public reason, distributive justice, and social stability in Confucian political philosophy. In response, the authors defend their views and evaluate their critics in turn. Taking up a broad range of crucial issues-autonomy, liberty, democracy, political legitimacy, human welfare-these author-meets-critic debates will appeal to scholars interested in political, comparative, and East Asian philosophy. Their interlaced themes weave a portrait of what is at stake in discussing Confucian values and theory. Most importantly, they engage and develop the state of the field of Confucian political philosophy today.

Author : David Elstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135049881

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Democracy in Contemporary Confucian Philosophy by David Elstein Pdf

This book examines democracy in recent Chinese-language philosophical work. It focuses on Confucian-inspired political thought in the Chinese intellectual world from after the communist revolution in China until today. The volume analyzes six significant contemporary Confucian philosophers in China and Taiwan, describing their political thought and how they connect their thought to Confucian tradition, and critiques their political proposals and views. It illustrates how Confucianism has transformed in modern times, the divergent understandings of Confucianism today, and how contemporary Chinese philosophers understand democracy, as well as their criticisms of Western political thought.

Author : Sungmoon Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107049031

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Confucian Democracy in East Asia by Sungmoon Kim Pdf

Confucian Democracy in East Asia explores the unique Confucian reasoning that still exists in much of East Asian culture.

Author : Fred Reinhard Dallmayr,Tingyang Zhao
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813136424

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Contemporary Chinese Political Thought by Fred Reinhard Dallmayr,Tingyang Zhao Pdf

Westerners seem united in the belief that China has emerged as a major economic power and that this success will most likely continue indefinitely. But they are less certain about the future of China's political system. China's steps toward free market capitalism have led many outsiders to expect increased democratization and a more Western political system. The Chinese, however, have developed their own version of capitalism. Westerners view Chinese politics through the lens of their own ideologies, preventing them from understanding Chinese goals and policies. In Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives, Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang bring together leading Chinese intellectuals to debate the main political ideas shaping the rapidly changing nation. Investigating such topics as the popular "China Model", the resurgence of Chinese Confucianism and its applications to the modern world, and liberal socialism, the contributors move beyond usual analytical frameworks toward what Dallmayr and Zhao call "a dismantling of ideological straitjackets." Comprising a broad range of opinions and perspectives, Contemporary Chinese Political Thought is the most up-to-date examination in English of modern Chinese political attitudes and discourse. Features contributions from Ji Wenshun, Zhou Lian, Zhao Tingyang, Zhang Feng, Liu Shuxian, Chen Ming, He Baogang, Ni Peimin, Ci Jiwei, Cui Zhiyuan, Frank Fang, Wang Shaoguang, and Cheng Guangyun.

Author : Eske J. Møllgaard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319748993

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The Confucian Political Imagination by Eske J. Møllgaard Pdf

This book critically examines the Confucian political imagination and its influence on the contemporary Chinese dream of a powerful China. It views Confucianism as the ideological supplement to a powerful state that is challenging Western hegemony, and not as a political philosophy that need not concern us. Eske Møllgaard shows that Confucians, despite their traditionalist ways, have the will to transform the existing socio-ethical order. The volume discusses the central features of the Confucian political imaginary, the nature of Confucian discourse, Confucian revivals, Confucian humanism and civility, and the political ideal of the Great Unity. It concludes by considering if Confucianism can be universalized as an ideology in competition with liberal democracy.

Author : Honghe Liu
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055096518

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Confucianism in the Eyes of a Confucian Liberal by Honghe Liu Pdf

He attributes the political failures of the culture not to the Confucian tradition, but to a legalistically influenced model of "One-Man Despotism," and argues that democracy is the only way forward for China. In analyzing Hsu's thought, this book clearly summarizes the very complex historical trends in Chinese political philosophy and practice spanning centuries.