Surprisingly little is known about what ancient Confucian thinkers struggled with in their own social and political contexts and how these struggles contributed to the establishment and further development of classical Confucian political theory. Leading scholar of comparative political theory, Sung...

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1. Verfasser:	Kim, Sungmoon 1974- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
Schlagworte:	Mencius Xunzi / 340 B.C.-245 B.C. Mengzi > v372-v289 Xunzi > ca. v340/298 - v245/230 Philosophy, Confucian Philosophy, Chinese / To 221 B.C. Political science / Philosophy Political ethics Politische Philosophie
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Zusammenfassung:	Surprisingly little is known about what ancient Confucian thinkers struggled with in their own social and political contexts and how these struggles contributed to the establishment and further development of classical Confucian political theory. Leading scholar of comparative political theory, Sungmoon Kim offers a systematic philosophical account of the political theories of Mencius and Xunzi, investigating both their agreements and disagreements as the champions of the Confucian Way against the backdrop of the prevailing realpolitik of the late Warring States period. Together, they contributed to the formation of Confucian virtue politics, in which concerns about political order and stability and concerns about moral character and moral enhancement are deeply intertwined. By presenting their political philosophies in terms of constitutionalism, Kim shows how they each developed the ability to authorize the ruler's legitimate use of power in domestic and interstate politics in ways consistent with their distinctive accounts of human nature
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Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 237 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108645089
DOI:	10.1017/9781108645089