Liberal Rights and Political Culture

Envisioning Democracy in China
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-415-88249-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

Reihe: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhou, Zhenghuan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Retrieving the Concept of Political Culture 3. Rights and the Liberal Concept of Rights 4. Individualism as Cultural Grounding 5. Confucianism and the Making of Chinese Politico-Cultural Tradition 6. In Lieu of a Conclusion: The Language of Rights and Democratic Change Appendix Bibliography Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zhenghuan Zhou