Confucian China and Its Modern Fate Volume Two: the Problem of Monarchical Decay |
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Author:
| Levenson, Joseph R. |
ISBN: | 978-1-136-57287-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1964 These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume Two includes: · The Republic: Confucianism and Monarchism interwoven · Confucianism and Monarchy: The basic confrontation · The evolution of the Confucian Bureaucratic...
More DescriptionFirst published in 1964
These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume Two includes:
· The Republic: Confucianism and Monarchism interwoven
· Confucianism and Monarchy: The basic confrontation
· The evolution of the Confucian Bureaucratic personality
· The limits of despotic control
· Monarch and people
· The Taiping Relation to Confucianism
· The Japanese and Chinese monarchical mystiques