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Author:   Elton Chan (Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department, Lingnan University Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.667kg
ISBN:  

9780197695845

ISBN 10:   0197695841
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   11 April 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: For Better or Worse: The Return of Confucianism to the Modern World Chapter 1. Awakening the People: A Mission of the Sage Kings Chapter 2. Anyone Can Be a Sage: The Ideal Theory of Jiaohua Chapter 3. As Virtuous as Heaven and Earth: The Ideal Confucian Man Chapter 4. ""Heaven and Earth Need Not Worry Like the Sage"": Confronting Non-ideal Reality Chapter 5. To Reform the People: The Transformative Non-ideal Theory of Jiaohua Chapter 6. From Non-ideal to No Ideal: Second-Best Theory and Its Failure Chapter 7. Toward Confucian Republicanism I: A New Non-ideal Proposal for Jiaohua Chapter 8. Toward Confucian Republicanism II: The Confucian Soul of a Republican Citizen Chapter 9. Cultivation without Oppression: The Public Reason Proviso for Confucian Republican Democracy Chapter 10. Civil Society: The Heart of the Confucian Republic Conclusion: The Journey of Confucian Democracy Notes Bibliography Index

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""At the core of Towards Confucian Republicanism is the brilliant insight that traditional Confucians settled on 'systematically self-defeating mechanisms' through which to realize their political ideals, and so Confucians today must abandon authoritarian versions of non-ideal theory in favor of more promising alternatives. Elton Chan proposes that a hybrid of republicanism and Confucianism will both serve central Confucian objectives and also improve upon modern democracy, making his book an exciting contribution to democratic theory as well as Confucian philosophy."" -- Stephen C. Angle, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies and Professor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University ""Elton Chan's non-ideal Confucian political theory provides a contemporary path towards the Confucian ideal of moral-political order. It is an excellent work that builds on current ideas and theories and offers convincing answers to a number of important questions which have been raised but not yet adequately addressed in the debates about Confucianism. It opens up a new line of inquiry that should prove fruitful in the years to come."" -- Sor-hoon Tan, Professor of Philosophy, Singapore Management University

Author Information

Elton Chan is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Lingnan University Hong Kong. He specializes in political philosophy in both Western and Chinese traditions. Chan was previously a faculty member at the University of Hong Kong and Yale-NUS College.

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