Escape from Predicament: Neo-Confucianism and China’S Evolving Political Culture

"A critique and response to Max Weber's 'The Religion of China,' arguing that sagehood, implying the transformation of the social order, was taken as a personal goal by Neo-Confucians, producing an 'extreme ethical tension' that later provided the impetus for modernizat...

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Beteilige Person: Metzger, Thomas A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Columbia University Press [1977]
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Links:https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
https://doi.org/10.7312/metz91032
Zusammenfassung:"A critique and response to Max Weber's 'The Religion of China,' arguing that sagehood, implying the transformation of the social order, was taken as a personal goal by Neo-Confucians, producing an 'extreme ethical tension' that later provided the impetus for modernization"--J. Carmen
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)
Umfang:1 online resource
ISBN:9780231881715
DOI:10.7312/metz91032