The Confucian political imagination.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Møllgaard, Eske, 1954-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Reference; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Confucian Challenge; The Return of Confucianism; The Challenge to the West; The Argument; References; Chapter 2: The Imaginary; Confucian Imaginary Versus Confucian Culture; The Confucian Dream; Will to Total Transformation; The Noble Person; End of History; Did Confucianism Disappear?; Mao: Monster and Sage-king; References; Chapter 3: The Discourse; Characteristics of Confucian Discourse; Mencius; A Sacrificial Dialogue; The Heart of Humanity; The Art of Humanity; References; Chapter 4: The Revivals
  • Wang Yangming and the Decline of ConfucianismMoving Discourse Versus Fixed Doctrine; The Power of Empty Discourse; Tu Weiming and Globalized Confucianism; The Selfish West; The Unselfish East; References; Chapter 5: Humanism; Confucianism as Anthropological Machine; The Violence of Humane Government; The Non-Human in Mencius' Moral Psychology; Early Daoist Critique of Confucian Humanism; A Chinese Bartleby; References; Chapter 6: Civility; Confucius and Ritual; Xunzi and the Canons of Ritual; Confucian Ritual in Contemporary China; Confucian Ritual and Modern Civility; Ritual and Violence