Escape from Predicament : : Neo-Confucianism and China’S Evolving Political Culture / / Thomas A. Metzger.
"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...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1977] ©1977 |
Year of Publication: | 1977 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Dependency and the Humanistic Theory of Chinese Familism -- Chapter Two. Tang Chim-i's Concept of Confucian Self-fulfillment -- Chapter Three. The Neo-Confucian Sense of Predicament -- Chapter Four. Neo-Confucianism and the Political Culture of Late Imperial China -- Chapter Five. The Ethos of Interdependence in an Age of Rising Optimism and Westernization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary and Terminological Index -- General Index -- Studies of the East Asian Institute |
---|---|
Summary: | "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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231881715 9783110649680 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/metz91032 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas A. Metzger. |