Theorizing Confucian virtue politics : the political philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi
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Theorizing Confucian virtue politics : the political philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi
Cambridge University Press, 2021, c2020
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"First published 2020. First paperback edition 2021"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Surprisingly little is known about what ancient Confucian thinkers struggled with in their own social and political contexts and how these struggles contributed to the establishment and further development of classical Confucian political theory. Leading scholar of comparative political theory, Sungmoon Kim offers a systematic philosophical account of the political theories of Mencius and Xunzi, investigating both their agreements and disagreements as the champions of the Confucian Way against the backdrop of the prevailing realpolitik of the late Warring States period. Together, they contributed to the formation of Confucian virtue politics, in which concerns about political order and stability and concerns about moral character and moral enhancement are deeply intertwined. By presenting their political philosophies in terms of constitutionalism, Kim shows how they each developed the ability to authorize the ruler's legitimate use of power in domestic and interstate politics in ways consistent with their distinctive accounts of human nature.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Confucian Constitutionalism: 1. Interest, morality, and positive Confucianism
- 2. Virtue, ritual, and constitutionalism
- 3. Before and after ritual: moral virtue and civic virtue
- Part II. Wang, Ba, and Interstate Relations: 4. The psychology of negative Confucianism
- 5. Hegemonic rule: between good and evil
- 6. Responsibility for all under heaven
- Conclusion: between old and new.
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