Confucian cultures of authority : edited by Peter D. Hershock and Roger T. Ames.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hershock, Peter D.

Ames, Roger T., 1947-

Series:

SUNY series in Asian studies development.

SUNY series in Asian studies development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Confucian.

Confucianism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 258 p.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores a wide range of Confucian-based cultures of authority in China.

Contents:

Introduction : Confucian cultures of authority / Peter D. Hershock and Roger T. Ames

Two loci of authority : autonomous individuals and related persons / Henry Rosemont, Jr.

Intimate authority : the rule of ritual in classical Confucian political discourse / Tao Jiang

The wei (positioning)-ming (naming)-lianmian (face)-guanxi (relationship)-renqing (humanized feelings) complex in contemporary Chinese culture / Wenshaw Jia

Creeping absolutism : parental authority as seen in early Medieval tales of filial offspring / Keith N. Knapp

Virtue (de), talent (cai) and beauty (se) : authoring a full-fledged womanhood in Lienüzhuan (biographies of women) / Robin R. Wang

Aspects of authority in Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West / Roberta E. Adams

Establishing authority through scholarship : Ruan Yuan and the Xuehaitang academy / Steven B. Miles

Intellectual and political controversies over authority in China : 1898-1922 / Lawrence R. Sullivan

Ought we throw the Confucian baby out with the authoritarian bathwater? : a critical inquiry into Lu Xun's anti-Confucian identity / Virginia Suddath.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-245) and index.

ISBN:

9780791481561

0791481565

9781429405119

1429405112

OCLC:

71851070