Escape from Predicament Neo-Confucianism and China's Evolving Political Culture |
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| Author:
| Metzger, Thomas A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-88171-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1977 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $89.99 |
Book Description:
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"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.
"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.