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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel A. BellPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780691123080ISBN 10: 069112308 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 13 August 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsBeyond Liberal Democracy is an intensely personal engagement with the author's experiences of Western liberal political ideas in an Asian context... Mr. Bell ... is a provocative thinker. He is also refreshingly candid... [T]he result is an important contribution to the debate about liberal democracy in Asia. -- David Plott Far Eastern Economic Review This work is a culmination of at least a decade of thinking and writing by a scholar who has observed closely the many intellectually significant issues that have arisen from political development in East Asian societies... [T]he elegant narrative form in which Beyond Liberal Democracy is written makes for an interesting and timely piece of scholarship that should attract a wide readership. -- Surain Subramaniam Contemporary Southeast Asia In this engaging, provocative exploration of the intersection between East Asian values and Western liberalism, Bell challenges readers to take seriously the unique contributions of Confucianism and other Eastern traditions to 21st-century political theory and practice... This book is an important contribution to the East-West dialogues of political theorists, activists, and politicians, and sets a high standard for subsequent forays into this field. Choice Beyond Liberal Democracy is an intensely personal engagement with the author's experiences of Western liberal political ideas in an Asian context... Mr. Bell ... is a provocative thinker. He is also refreshingly candid... [T]he result is an important contribution to the debate about liberal democracy in Asia. -- David Plott Far Eastern Economic Review This work is a culmination of at least a decade of thinking and writing by a scholar who has observed closely the many intellectually significant issues that have arisen from political development in East Asian societies... [T]he elegant narrative form in which Beyond Liberal Democracy is written makes for an interesting and timely piece of scholarship that should attract a wide readership. -- Surain Subramaniam Contemporary Southeast Asia In this engaging, provocative exploration of the intersection between East Asian values and Western liberalism, Bell challenges readers to take seriously the unique contributions of Confucianism and other Eastern traditions to 21st-century political theory and practice... This book is an important contribution to the East-West dialogues of political theorists, activists, and politicians, and sets a high standard for subsequent forays into this field. Choice Author InformationDaniel A. Bell is Professor of Political Philosophy and Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is the author of East Meets West: Human Rights and Democracy in East Asia (Princeton) and Communitarianism and Its Critics, and the coeditor of six other books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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