Confucian China and its Modern Fate
Volume Two: The Problem of Monarchical Decay
Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia, Reference & Language, Reference, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Joseph R. Levenson | ISBN: | 9781136572807 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | November 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joseph R. Levenson |
| ISBN: | 9781136572807 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | November 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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 personality
· The limits of despotic control
· Monarch and people
· The Taiping Relation to Confucianism
· The Japanese and Chinese monarchical mystiques
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 personality
· The limits of despotic control
· Monarch and people
· The Taiping Relation to Confucianism
· The Japanese and Chinese monarchical mystiques
