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1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index. |
| Contents |
Confucius' noble person -- The noble paths of Buddha and Rama -- Buddhist spirituality and Chinese civility -- ShÅtoku's constitution and the civil order in Early Japan -- Chrysanthemum and civil society in Song China -- Civil and military in Tokugawa Japan -- Citizen and subject in modern Japan -- "The people renewed" in twentieth-century China. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Globalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural consensus on how human values can be given effective expression and direction? In a thoughtful meditation ranging widely over several civilizations and historical eras, Wm. Theodore de Bary argues that the concepts of leadership and public morality in the major Asian traditions offer a valuable perspective on humanizing the globalization process. Turning to the classic ideals of the Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, and Japanese traditions, he investigates the nature of true leadership and its relation to learning, virtue, and education in human governance; the role in society of the public intellectual; and the responsibilities of those in power in creating and maintaining civil society. De Bary recognizes that throughout history ideals have always come up against messy human complications. Still, he finds in the exploration and affirmation of common values a worthy attempt to grapple with persistent human dilemmas across the globe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Leadership -- Asia -- History.
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Leadership. |
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Asia. |
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History. |
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Civil society -- Asia -- History.
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Civil society. |
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Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism.
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Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism. |
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Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. |
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Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Nobility and civility |
| Other Form: |
Print version: De Bary, William Theodore, 1919- Nobility & civility. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004 0674015576 9780674015579 (DLC) 2004042212 (OCoLC)54543372 |
| ISBN |
9780674030671 (electronic book) |
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0674030672 (electronic book) |
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0674015576 (alkaline paper) |
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9780674015579 (alkaline paper) |
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