Confucianism and Human Rights

De Bary, Wm. Theodore & Tu Weiming (editors)

ISBN 10: 0231109369 / ISBN 13: 9780231109369

Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1998

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Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. xxiii, 327pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confucianism and Human Rights
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231109369
• ISBN 13: 9780231109369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Is the Confucian tradition compatible with the Western understanding of human rights? Are there fundamental human values, regardless of cultural differences, common to all peoples of all nations? At this critical point in Communist China's history, eighteen distinguished scholars address the role of Confucianism in dealing with questions of universal human rights.

About the Author

Wm. Theodore de Bary is the author or editor of more than two dozen works on Asian civilizations, including Sources of Chinese Tradition and Sources of Japanese Tradition.Tu Weiming is the editor of China in Transformation and author of Living Tree: The Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today, and Way, Meaning and Politics: Essays on the Confucian Intellectual.