Confucian China and its Modern Fate
Volume Two: The Problem of Monarchical Decay| By: | Joseph R. Levenson |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415361590 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781136572807 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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First published in 1964 These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume Two includes: The Republic: Confucianism and Monarchism interwoven Confucianism and Monarchy: The basic confrontation The evolution of the Confucian Bureaucratic personality The limits of despotic control Monarch and people The Taiping Relation to Confucianism The Japanese and Chinese monarchical mystiques