Liberal Rights and Political Culture: Envisioning Democracy in China / Edition 1

by Zhenghuan Zhou

Overview

This book argues that the liberal concept of rights presupposes and is grounded in an individualistic culture or shared way of relating, and that this particular shared way of relating emerged only in the wake of the Reformation in the modern West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415971843
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/07/2005
Series:	East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Retrieving the Concept of Political Culture; Chapter 3 Rights and the Liberal Concept of Rights; Chapter 4 Individualism as Cultural Grounding; Chapter 5 Confucianism and the Making of Chinese Politico-Cultural Tradition; Chapter 6 In Lieu of a Conclusion: The Language of Rights and Democratic Change in China;

Editorial Reviews

'The book is rich in its review of the Western and Chinese political cultures, and can serve as a reference point for those who study or research across disciplines of political theory, comparative politics and Chinese studies.' - Political Studies Review

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