Confucianism and Human Rights - Hardcover

De Bary, Wm Theodore

 
9780231109369: Confucianism and Human Rights

Synopsis

In essays exploring the relationship of contemporary human rights doctrine to the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, this volume explores concepts of the individual in relation to community, state, and society. The essays also consider: the notion of "rights" in Confucian ritual and in Chinese law; social justice and religious and intellectual fredom in Chinese and Western traditions; and constitutionalism and the rule of law in China and the West.

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About the Author

Wm. Theodore de Bary is the author or editor of more than two dozen works on Asian civilizations, including Sources of Chinese Tradition and Sources of Japanese Tradition.Tu Weiming is the editor of China in Transformation and author of Living Tree: The Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today, and Way, Meaning and Politics: Essays on the Confucian Intellectual.

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Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1999
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