The Confucian Political Imagination

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-09100-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 191 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 281 g

This book critically examines the Confucian political imagination and its influence on the contemporary Chinese dream of a powerful China.  It views Confucianism as the ideological supplement to a powerful state that is challenging Western hegemony, and not as a political philosophy that need not concern us.  Eske Møllgaard shows that Confucians, despite their traditionalist ways, have the will to transform the existing socio-ethical order. The volume discusses the central features of the Confucian political imaginary, the nature of Confucian discourse, Confucian revivals, Confucian humanism and civility, and the political ideal of the Great Unity.  It concludes by considering if Confucianism can be universalized as an ideology in competition with liberal democracy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Møllgaard, Eske J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Confucian Challenge.- 2. The Imaginary.- 3. The Discourse.- 4. The Revivals.- 5. Humanism.- 6. Civility.- 7. Decline of the Great Unity.- 8. Can Confucianism be Universalized?

Über Autor(innen)

Eske Møllgaard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island, USA.