Limits to Autocracy: From Sung Neo-Confucianism to a Doctrine of Political Rights 9780824863364

Alan T. Wood examines the cultural identity of modern China in the context of authoritarianism in the Chinese political

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part One. The Historical Dimension
2. The Background of Neo-Confucianism
3. Background of the Ch’un-ch’iu Commentaries
Part Two. The Ideological Dimension
4. Sun Fu’s Views on Obedience to Authority: The Literal/Moral Levels
5. The Views of Ch’eng I and Hu An-kuo: The Moral/Metaphysical Levels
6. Statecraft and Natural Law in the West and China
7. Implications for Modern China and Japan
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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