Escape from Predicament Neo-Confucianism and China's Evolving Political Culture |
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| Author:
| Metzger, Thomas A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-03980-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1987 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is a critique and response to Max Weber's The Religion of China, arguing that sagehood, implying the transformation of the social order, was taken as a personal goal by Neo-Confucians, producing an "extreme ethical tension" that later provided the impetus for modernization-- J. Carmen.
This book is a critique and response to Max Weber's The Religion of China, arguing that sagehood, implying the transformation of the social order, was taken as a personal goal by Neo-Confucians, producing an "extreme ethical tension" that later provided the impetus for modernization-- J. Carmen.