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22Beyond Liberal Democracy: A Debate on Democracy and Confucian MeritocracyPhilosophy East and West 59 (4): 523-523. 2009.None.
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2Toward Meritocratic Rule in China?: A Response to Professors Dallmayr, Li, and TanPhilosophy East and West 59 (4): 554-560. 2009.Let me first thank the critics for their insightful contributions to the debate. I hesitate to call the three professors “critics” since the areas of agreement may outweigh the areas of disagreement. But I should focus on areas of disagreement to further the debate, and that’s what I’ll try to do here. I’ll begin with a few remarks about methodology, then attempt to clarify my own view regarding democracy with “Confucian characteristics,” and my response will conclude with some reflections on al…Read more
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25. What’s Wrong with Active Citizenship? A Comparison of Physical Education in Ancient Greece and Ancient ChinaIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 121-151. 2006.
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56. Taking Elitism Seriously: Democracy with Confucian CharacteristicsIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 152-179. 2006.
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9Toward Confucian-Inspired Democratic Meritocracy: A Response to Yong Huang, Chenyang Li, and Binfan WangPhilosophy East and West 69 (2): 585-591. 2019.Let me first express my gratitude for the three detailed and informative critiques of my book The China Model. These critiques are themselves models of Confucian civility, even as they express sharp areas of disagreement. There does seem to be agreement that the ideal of a Confucian-inspired democratic meritocracy is a worthwhile political project, particularly in the Chinese political context, but Huang, Li, and Wang question my book's arguments in defense of this ideal. There are three kinds o…Read more
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34. The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights NGOs: Reflections on Dialogues between Practitioners and TheoristsIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 84-118. 2006.
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1Review: Human Rights and Social Criticism in Contemporary Chinese Political Theory (review)Political Theory 32 (3). 2004.
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2Selected bibliographyIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 343-368. 2006.
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212. Responses to Critics: The Real and the IdealIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 323-342. 2006.
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7Reconciling Confucianism and NationalismJournal of Chinese Philosophy 41 (1-2): 33-54. 2014.Confucianism has made a comeback in mainland China over the last two decades or so. Politically minded Confucian revivalists see Confucianism as the core of national identity that differs from “foreign” traditions such as liberalism and they argue for replacing Marxism with Confucianism as the core ideology of the one-party state. But is the ancient tradition of Confucianism compatible with the modern tradition of nationalism? And is it possible to defend a morally appealing form of “Confucian n…Read more
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10Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the WorldPrinceton University Press. 2020.A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the political All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy contends that this stigma is a mistake. In fact, as Daniel Bell and Wang Pei show, it is neither possible nor advisable to do away with social hierarchies. Drawing their arguments from Chinese thought and culture as well as other…Read more
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111. Justice for Migrant Workers? The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in East AsiaIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 281-322. 2006.
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21. Introduction: One Size Doesn’t Fit AllIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 1-20. 2006.
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27. Is Democracy the “Least Bad” System for Minority Groups?In Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 180-205. 2006.
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2IndexIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 369-379. 2006.
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23. Human Rights and “Values in Asia”: Reflections on East-West DialoguesIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 52-83. 2006.
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8Li, Chenyang,The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony: London and New York: Routledge, 2014, xvi + 197 pagesDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 14 (1): 143-146. 2015.
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72. Just War and Confucianism: Implications for the Contemporary WorldIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 23-51. 2006.
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2Human Rights and Social Criticism in Contemporary Chinese Political TheoryPolitical Theory 32 (3): 396-408. 2004.
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410. East Asian Capitalism in an Age of GlobalizationIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 255-280. 2006.
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14Democracy with chinese characteristics: A political proposal for the post-communist eraPhilosophy East and West 49 (4): 451-493. 1999.Interviews Professor Wang, a political philosopher at Beijing University about the political reforms in China. Explanation on a democratic political system with Chinese characteristics; Confucian tradition of respect for a ruling intellectual elite; Relevance of Confucian scholar Huang Zongxi's proposal for reform
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28. Democratic Education in a Multicultural Context: Lessons from SingaporeIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 206-228. 2006.
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9Chen, Lai, Tradition and Modernity: A Humanist View Trans. Edmund Ryden : Leiden: Brill, 2009, x + 386 pagesDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 10 (3): 391-393. 2011.
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49. Culture and Egalitarian Development: Confucian Constraints on Property RightsIn Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context, Princeton University Press. pp. 231-254. 2006.
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18Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian ContextPrinceton University Press. 2006.Is liberal democracy appropriate for East Asia? In this provocative book, Daniel Bell argues for morally legitimate alternatives to Western-style liberal democracy in the region. Beyond Liberal Democracy, which continues the author's influential earlier work, is divided into three parts that correspond to the three main hallmarks of liberal democracy--human rights, democracy, and capitalism. These features have been modified substantially during their transmission to East Asian societies that ha…Read more
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12A Communitarian Critique of LiberalismAnalyse & Kritik 27 (2): 215-238. 2005.Communitarian thinkers have argued that liberalism devalues community in modern societies. This essay assesses the three main strands of the contemporary debate betweeen communitarianism and liberalism: (1) the communitarian critique of the liberal universalism, (2) the communitarian critique of liberal individualism, and (3) the communitarian critique of liberal politics. In each case, it is argued that the debate has moved from fairly abstract philosophical controversies to more concrete engag…Read more
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6Against Individualism: A Confucian Rethinking of the Foundations of Morality, Politics, Family, and Religion by Henry Rosemont JrPhilosophy East and West 67 (2): 565-568. 2017.Against Individualism: A Confucian Rethinking of the Foundations of Morality, Politics, Family, and Religion by Henry Rosemont Jr. is an important challenge to the dominant individualistic ethos of our age. It is not merely a critique of the idea of the rights-claiming, free and autonomous individual: Rosemont also puts forward a strong defense of an alternative idea of the relational person as role-bearing, interrelated, and necessarily responsible to other persons. I am generally sympathetic t…Read more
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5Ethics in Action: The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2006.This book is the product of a multi-year dialogue between leading human rights theorists and high-level representatives of international human rights NGOs. It is divided into three parts that reflect the major ethical challenges discussed at the workshops: the ethical challenges associated with interaction between relatively rich and powerful northern-based human rights INGOs and recipients of their aid in the South; whether and how to collaborate with governments that place severe restrictions …Read more
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7War, Peace, and China's Soft Power: A Confucian ApproachDiogenes 56 (1): 26-40. 2009.The contemporary Chinese intellectual Kang Xiaoguang has argued that Chinese soft power should be based on Confucian culture, the most influential Chinese political tradition. But which Confucian values should form the core of China’s soft power? This paper first explores the coexistence of state sovereignty and utopian cosmopolitanism through an analysis of Confucian tradition up to contemporary Chinese nationalism. It insists on the exogenous roots of the cosmopolitan ideal and its relations w…Read more
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2Forms of Justice: Critical perspectives on David Miller’s political philosophy (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield. 2003.A distinguished group of political philosophers takes Miller's theory as a starting point and debates whether justice takes one form or many. Drawing real world implications from theories of justice and examining in depth social justice, national justice, and global justice, this book falls on the cutting edge of the latest developments in political theory. Visit our website for sample chapters!
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