Elton Chan

Towards Confucian Republicanism (eBook, PDF)

Democracy as Virtue Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

In Towards Confucian Republicanism, Elton Chan develops a theoretical framework of Confucianism for the twenty-first century. He argues that liberal Confucians must take seriously the internal authoritarian leanings of Confucianism--and then resist them. He shows that Confucians are keen on concentrating power in the hands of the virtuous not merely for promoting order and material livelihood, but also for general moral cultivation. Yet this political and moral hierarchy is self-defeating. To counter the authoritarian turn in Confucian scholarship, Chan articulates a hybrid political order that brings together Confucianism and republican democracy, making the case that Confucianism stands a much higher chance of achieving good governance and collective virtuous cultivation when merged with republicanism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197695852
• Artikelnr.: 72845322

Autorenporträt

Elton Chan is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Lingnan University Hong Kong. He specializes in political philosophy in both Western and Chinese traditions. Chan was previously a faculty member at the University of Hong Kong and Yale-NUS College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction: For Better or Worse: The Return of Confucianism to the
Modern World
* Chapter 1. Awakening the People: A Mission of the Sage Kings
* Chapter 2. Anyone Can Be a Sage: The Ideal Theory of Jiaohua
* Chapter 3. As Virtuous as Heaven and Earth: The Ideal Confucian Man
* Chapter 4. "Heaven and Earth Need Not Worry Like the Sage":
Confronting Non-ideal Reality
* Chapter 5. To Reform the People: The Transformative Non-ideal Theory
of Jiaohua
* Chapter 6. From Non-ideal to No Ideal: Second-Best Theory and Its
Failure
* Chapter 7. Toward Confucian Republicanism I: A New Non-ideal Proposal
for Jiaohua
* Chapter 8. Toward Confucian Republicanism II: The Confucian Soul of a
Republican Citizen
* Chapter 9. Cultivation without Oppression: The Public Reason Proviso
for Confucian Republican Democracy
* Chapter 10. Civil Society: The Heart of the Confucian Republic
* Conclusion: The Journey of Confucian Democracy
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index