Limits to Autocracy : From Sung Neo-Confucianism to a Doctrine of Political Rights
1995, 1st edition. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392843
ISBN: 0824817036
Physical description: 264 pages, 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index. Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part One. The Historical Dimension -- 2. The Background of Neo-Confucianism -- 3. Background of the Ch'un-ch'iu Commentaries -- Part Two. The Ideological Dimension -- 4. Sun Fu's Views on Obedience to Authority: The Literal/Moral Levels -- 5. The Views of Ch'eng I and Hu An-kuo: The Moral/Metaphysical Levels -- 6. Statecraft and Natural Law in the West and China -- 7. Implications for Modern China and Japan -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Neo-Confucianism; Political science China History; Politics and government.
Price: €18.00