The trouble with Confucianism /
In Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia, as well as China, people are asking, "What does Confucianism have to offer today?" For some, Confucius is still the symbol of a reactionary and repressive past; for others, he is the humanist admired by generat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England :
Harvard University Press,
1991.
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| Edition: | 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed., 1996. |
| Series: | Tanner Lectures on Human Values.
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| Summary: | In Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia, as well as China, people are asking, "What does Confucianism have to offer today?" For some, Confucius is still the symbol of a reactionary and repressive past; for others, he is the humanist admired by generations of scholars and thinkers, East and West, for his ethical system and discipline. In the face of such complications, only a scholar of Theodore de Bary's stature could venture broad answers to the question of the significance of Confucianism in today's world. |
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| Item Description: | "Some of the material in chapters 1, 3, 4, and 6 originally appeared in the Tanner lectures on human values, vol. 10"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 132 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674030312 0674030311 |