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Remaking China's public philosophy for the twenty-first century /

Uses the prism of public philosophy to examine Chinese society, modernization, globalization, and democratization as a whole.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhou, Jinghao, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Derek H. Davis
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • Raising the issue of remaking China's public philosophy
  • The significance of remaking China's public philosophy
  • The theory of public philosophy
  • A new public philosophy in the Chinese context
  • Notes
  • 2. The historical basis of China's public philosophy
  • Why study China's history?
  • The characteristics of historic China
  • The roots of the Chinese political system
  • Chinese society and Chinese patriarchal religion
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 3. Ideological battles through centuries
  • China's ideology and the global social order
  • Confucianism as the dominant ideology in premodern China
  • The three people's principles in theory and practice
  • Marxism in contemporary China
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 4. The real dangers behind Chinese economic prosperity
  • The theoretical roots of China's economy
  • The historical inquiry : China's economic reform movement
  • Significance and shortcomings of the reform movement
  • The official philosophy behind China's economic reform movement
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 5. The last fortress of antidemocratization
  • The ultimate obstacle to China's political reform
  • Why China's democratic movement failed
  • Should China be ruled by the Party?
  • The status of the individual in communist China
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 6. A rapier : the functions of religion in China's democratization
  • The connections between religion and democratization
  • Religion tradition in China
  • Confucianism as the dominant Chinese religion
  • Chinese religions and Christianity together serve democratization
  • The Party, Marxism, religion, and democratization
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 7. The double missions of Chinese education
  • The shadow of Chinese traditional education
  • Education under the Chinese communist government
  • Unresolved educational problems
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 8. Remaking China's public philosophy and China's future
  • The capitalist system and China's democratization
  • Has China changed its socialist identity?
  • Globalization and challenges
  • The future of China
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.