Confucianism's prospects : a reassessment
Title:
Confucianism's prospects : a reassessment
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Author:
O'Dwyer, Shaun, 1969- author.
ISBN:
9781438475493
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Physical Description:
xvi, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Contents:
The vicissitudes of Confucianism -- Ibsen's Nora and the Confucian critique of the unencumbered self -- Confucian ritual, hierarchy, and symmetrical deference -- Filial piety in East Asia and beyond -- The unity of loyalty and filial piety: an East Asian horror story -- Epistemic elitism, paternalism, and Confucian democracy -- Perverse doctrines and one hundred schools: Confucianism's place in pluralistic societies.
Abstract:
In Confucianism's Prospects, Shaun O'Dwyer offers a rare critical engagement with English-language scholarship on Confucianism--back cover.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10900680 BL1853 O39 ysh