Format:
Online-Ressource (218 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781780320762
Series Statement:
World Political Theories
Content:
China is a rising economic and political power. But what is the message of this rise? Tongdong Bai addresses this increasingly pressing question by examining the rich history of political theories and practices from China's past, and showing how it impacts upon the present. Part of Zed?s World Political Theories series, this ground-breaking work offers a remarkable insight into the political history and thought of a nation that is becoming increasingly powerful on the world stage
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Description based upon print version of record
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World Political Theories; About the author; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Message from China; Overview; How Chinese philosophers express themselves; One | Modernity before its time: the historical context of 'classical' Chinese political thought; Historical background; Similarities between China during the SAWS and Europe's transition to modernity; Nature and problems of modernity; 'Classical' Chinese political philosophy as modern philosophy; Two | The middle way of Confucianism: humanity as the new social glue; Confucius and his school
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The need for a new social glueThe cultivation of humanity: expanding circles and a universal yet unequal love; Confucianism, familialism and relations between the private and the public; Confucianism versus the nation-state; The Confucian theory of just war and international peace; Implications of Confucian ideas for environmentalism, animal rights and feminism; Three | The middle way of Confucianism: an equality-based mobile hierarchy; Confucians' understanding of the equality of human beings; Legitimacy of the sovereignlies in satisfaction of the people's interests
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The hierarchical side of ConfucianismThe Confucian hybrid regime; Four | Daoism: return to an age of innocence; Difficulties in understanding the Lao Zi; Why can't taking action cure political ills?; Naturalness and governing with no actions: distinctively Daoist ideas?; The preference of the weak and the 'really' natural cycle; Difficulties in returning to the natural cycle; The ultimate answer: return to small and isolated states with few people; Can we bring about 'small states with few people'?; Lessons for today; Five | The Legalists: builders of modern bureaucracy and institutions
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The life and deeds of Legalist Shang YangThe life of Han Fei Zi; Han Fei Zi: the successor to the Lao Zi on natural laws; The reality of human beings; Ancients versus moderns; The unreliability of familial care and the unresolvable conflict between private and public; Truly virtuous people are useless at governing; The teachings of the wise are applicable neither to the many nor to the few; Han Fei Zi, Xun Zi and modern European thought; The strength of a state and the five vermin; A bureaucracy chosen on the basis of results; The ideal ruler, governing with no (human) action
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Governing with uniform and strict lawsDo not govern on the basis of personal preferences or human criteria; The ideal ruler: embodying the Way and being selfless; Correct the non-ideal ruler and maintain his supreme authority: a conflict?; The righteous, solitary and indignant man; Six | Later developments: the middle way; The successes and failures of the Qin dynasty and of Han Fei Zi's teachings; The hybrid regime: laws and institutions with a Confucian foundation; Confucian attempts to check the ruler; Selection of the worthy; Centralization of power versus local autonomy
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Bad blends of Legalism and Confucianism
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780320779
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780320755
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe China - The Political Philosophy of the Middle Kingdom
Language:
English
Keywords:
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