A Confucian theory of power / Sungmoon Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Sungmoon, author.

Series:

Critical Powers Series

Critical powers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kim, Sungmoon.

Philosophy, Confucian.

Power (Philosophy).

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Local Subjects:

Kim, Sungmoon.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Sungmoon Kim is Chair Professor of Political Philosophy at the City University of Hong Kong.

Summary:

This book reconstructs the Confucian account of power in terms of responsibility from historical and normative perspectives. It pays special attention to the liability and active dimensions of Confucian power as responsibility, which undergirds "responsibility meritocracy" and "Confucian active citizenship," respectively.

Contents:

Front matter

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Contributors

Series editors' preface

Part I: Lead essay

A Confucian theory of power

Part II: Responses

Is Confucian active citizenship too demanding?

"Power" as a conceptual tool: from a Confucian relational perspective

Power, responsibility, and structural injustice

Confucius and America's comic book heroes: great power as great responsibility

Responsibility and meritocracy

Meritocracy, democracy, and power

Part III: Reply

Reply to commentators

Index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-8265-3

1-5261-8267-X

9781526182654

OCLC:

1579002186