Limits to Autocracy: From Sung Neo-Confucianism to a Doctrine of Political RightsUniversity of Hawaii Press, 1995 M08 1 - 272 páginas Alan T. Wood examines the cultural identity of modern China in the context of authoritarianism in the Chinese political tradition. Taking on issues of key importance in the understanding of Chinese history, Wood leads readers to a reconsideration of neo-Confucian thinkers of the Northern Sung dynasty. Modern scholars have accused Sung neo-Confucians of advocating a doctrine of unconditional obedience to the ruler--of "revering the emperor and expelling the barbarian"--and thereby inhibiting the rise of democracy in China. Wood refutes this dominant view by arguing that Sung neo-Confucians intended to limit the power of the emperor, not enhance it. |
Contenido
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Part One The Historical Dimension | 23 |
Part Two The Ideological Dimension | 79 |
Abbreviations | 179 |
Notes | 181 |
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