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A cloud across the Pacific : essays on the clash between Chinese and Western political theories today / by Thomas A. Metzger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metzger, Thomas A., 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Comparative studies.
- Political science.
- Political science--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Comparative studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 816 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- This book puts into critical context three versions of Western liberalism (those of F. A. Hayek, John Rawls, and John Dunn), three versions of Chinese liberalism (those of Yang Kuo-shu, Li Qiang, and Ambrose Y. C. King), two versions of modern Confucian humanism (those of T'ang Ch n-i, and Henry K. H. Woo), and various versions of Chinese Marxism, including Kao Lik'o's in the early 1990s and some of the recent New Left writings. It shows that all of these Chinese political theories, not only Chinese Marxism, depend on a number of premises at odds with Western liberalism, especially epistemological optimism. This study combines a deep understanding of the history of Chinese thought with a strong grasp of modern philosophical trends and an innovative methodology for the description and criticism of political theories.
- Notes:
- Chinese title on jacket: Tai ping yang feng yun : Ping dang dai zhong xi zheng zhi li lun zhi zheng.
- Chinese title on jacket: 太平洋風雲 : 評當代中西政治理論之爭
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9629961229
- OCLC:
- 62398631
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