Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 285 p)
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0521809711
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0521007526
Series Statement:
Cambridge modern China series
Content:
This book is about the development of Chinese ideas of human rights, and about what we in the contemporary world should make of different cultures having different moral ideas. It elaborates a plausible kind of moral pluralism and demonstrates that Chinese ideas of human rights do indeed have distinctive characteristics
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chronology; 1 Introduction; 2 Languages, Concepts, and Pluralism; 3 The Consequences of Pluralism; 4 The Shift toward Legitimate Desires in Neo-Confucianism; 5 Nineteenth-Century Origins; 6 Dynamism in the Early Twentieth Century; 7 Change, Continuity, and Convergence prior to 1949; 8 Engagement despite Distinctiveness; 9 Conclusions; Bibliography; Glossary and Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521809719
Additional Edition:
Print version Human Rights in Chinese Thought : A Cross-Cultural Inquiry
Language:
English
