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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2003.
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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.