Confucian perfectionism : a political philosophy for modern times / Joseph Chan.
Material type: TextSeries: Princeton-China seriesPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781400848690 (ebook) :
- 320.01 23
- JA84.C6 C468 2017
Previously issued in print: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title examines and reconstructs both Confucian political thought and liberal democratic institutions, blending them to form a new Confucian political philosophy. Chan decouples liberal democratic institutions from their popular liberal philosophical foundations in fundamental moral rights, such as popular sovereignty, political equality, and individual sovereignty.
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