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1 online resource (368 pages) |
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Half Title Page; Full Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Individual and Group in Confucianism; 2. A Study of Face; 3. The Confucian Paradigm of Man; 4. Guanxi and Network Building; 5. The Role of Intellectuals in Chinese State Socialism; 6. "Modernization"and "Modernity"; 7. Administrative Absorption of Politics; 8. Democracy in A Post-Confucian Culture; 9. State Confucianism and Its Transformation; 10. Rationalistic Traditionalism in Hong Kong; 11. Max Weber and the Modern State in China; 12. Confucianism, Modernity, Asian Democracy; Notes; Index. |
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Major Publications in Chinese by Ambrose Yeo-Chi KING. |
| Summary |
Any consideration of China's cultural modernity must begin with a rethinking of traditional Chinese civilization in its orientation and the problems that it has to face in the modern age. This book examines how Confucian traditions have shaped modernity in East Asia. A leading sociologist, Ambrose Y. C. King discusses how China and East Asia developed a model of modern civilization distinct from the Western model of modernization which involves not only a process of deconstructing the cultural tradition but also a process of reconstructing it. He shows how the experience of modernization diverges within different Chinese societies, namely Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan. By highlighting the impact of Confucianism on the direction of modernity in Chinese societies, he argues that Confucianism contains the seeds of modernization and transformation and that in the right institutional settings these seeds could bear fruit to influence positively the course of development. The chapters of the book also explore Confucian networks and the development of capitalist economies, democratic governance, and moral education. The author focuses his analyses on how Confucian ideas and values underpinning the foundation of East Asian societies including social civility, political governance, the role of the family, individual self-cultivation, and moral regulation, matter to the modern social and political transformations of Chinese societies today. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Confucianism and state -- China.
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Confucianism and state. |
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China. |
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China -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
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China -- Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
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China -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: King, Ambrose Y.C. China's Great Transformation : Selected Essays on Confucianism, Modernization, and Democracy. Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, ©2018 9789882370159 |
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9789882377462 (electronic book) |
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9882377467 (electronic book) |
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