Angle, Stephen C.
Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy
The Progressive Confucianism defended here takes key ideas of the twentieth-century Confucian philosopher Mou Zongsan (1909-1995) as its point of departure for exploring issues like political authority and legitimacy, the rule of law, human rights, civility, and social justice. The result is anti-authoritarian without abandoning the ideas of virtue and harmony; it preserves the key values Confucians find in ritual and hierarchy without giving in to oppression or domination. A central goal of the book is to present Progressive Confucianism in such a way as to make its insights manifest to non-Confucians, be they philosophers or simply citizens interested in the potential contributions of Chinese thinking to our emerging, shared world.
Keywords: Confucian philosophy, Chinese philosophy, political philosophy, political theory, social justice, human rights
- Author(s)
- Angle, Stephen C.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 220 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9780745661537
- Printed ISBN
- 9780745661308