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Classical Confucian political thought : a new interpretation / Loubna El Amine.
LIBRA BL1840 .E5 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- El Amine, Loubna, 1983- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confucianism and state.
- Philosophy, Confucian.
- Confucian ethics.
- Political ethics.
- Physical Description:
- x, 218 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Ruler and Ruled 29
- The Virtue Argument 30
- The People-Continued 37
- Hegemons 51
- Conclusion 61
- Chapter 2 Rules and Regulations 62
- Security 63
- Welfare 68
- Promoting the Worthy 73
- Conclusion 80
- Chapter 3 A Harmonious Society 82
- The Case against the Mohists 84
- Rituals 91
- Filiality 107
- Conclusion 114
- Chapter 4 Rulers and Ministers 117
- Xunzi's Vision 118
- Insubordinate Ministers 124
- Revisiting the Question of Virtuous Rulership 135
- Conclusion 140
- Chapter 5 Political Involvement 143
- Biographical Preliminaries 144
- The Virtue of Political Involvement 145
- Dilemmas of Political Life 151
- Conclusion 174
- Chapter 6 Heaven in Politics 176
- Heaven's Allotments 180
- Uncertainty and Political Involvement 184
- Heaven's Patterns 190
- Conclusion 193.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691163048
- 0691163049
- OCLC:
- 908083894
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