Confucianism's prospects : a reassessment / Shaun O'Dwyer.

Author
O'Dwyer, Shaun, 1969- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Albany : State University of New York, [2019]
  • ©2019
Description
xvi, 272 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture [More in this series]
    Summary note
    In Confucianism's Prospects, Shaun O'Dwyer offers a rare critical engagement with English-language scholarship on Confucianism--back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index.
    Contents
    • The vicissitudes of Confucianism
    • Ibsen's Nora and the Confucian critique of the unencumbered self
    • Confucian ritual, hierarchy, and symmetrical deference
    • Filial piety in East Asia and beyond
    • The unity of loyalty and filial piety: an East Asian horror story
    • Epistemic elitism, paternalism, and Confucian democracy
    • Perverse doctrines and one hundred schools: Confucianism's place in pluralistic societies.
    ISBN
    • 9781438475493 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 1438475497 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2018040415
    OCLC
    1057238833
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