A Confucian Constitutional Order ：How China's Ancient Past Can Shape Its Political Future ( The Princeton-China Series )

Publication subTitle ：How China's Ancient Past Can Shape Its Political Future

Publication series ：The Princeton-China Series

Author： Qing Jiang;Bell Daniel A.;Fan Ruiping;

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9781400844845

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691154602

Subject： D609.9 comments

Keyword：宗教,政治理论

Language： ENG

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As China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy. But could China develop a unique form of government based on its own distinct traditions? Jiang Qing--China's most original, provocative, and controversial Confucian political thinker--says yes. In this book, he sets out a vision for a Confucian constitutional order that offers a compelling alternative to both the status quo in China and to a Western-style liberal democracy. A Confucian Constitutional Order is the most detailed and systematic work on Confucian constitutionalism to date.

Jiang argues against the democratic view that the consent of the people is the main source of political legitimacy. Instead, he presents a comprehensive way to achieve humane authority based on three sources of political legitimacy, and he derives and defends a proposal for a tricameral legislature that would best represent the Confucian political ideal. He also puts forward proposals for an institution that would curb the power of parliamentarians and for a symbolic monarch who would embody the historical and transgenerational identity of the state. In the latter section of the book, four leading liberal and socialist Chinese critics--Joseph Chan, Chenyang Li, Wang Shaoguang, and Bai Tongdong--critically evaluate Jiang's theories and Jiang gives detailed responses to their views.

A Confucian

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Cover

Cover

Title

Title

Copyright

Copyright

Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Introduction

Part I: A Confucian Constitutional Order

Part I: A Confucian Constitutional Order

1. The Way of the Humane Authority: The Theoretical Basis for Confucian Constitutionalism and a Tricameral Parliament

1. The Way of the Humane Authority: The Theoretical Basis for Confucian Constitutionalism and a Tricameral Parliament

2. The Supervisory System of Confucian Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Supervision of the State by the Academy

2. The Supervisory System of Confucian Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Supervision of the State by the Academy

3. A Confucian Constitutionalist State: The Constitutional Role and Contemporary Significance of Republicanism under a Symbolic Monarch

3. A Confucian Constitutionalist State: The Constitutional Role and Contemporary Significance of Republicanism under a Symbolic Monarch

Part II: Comments

Part II: Comments

4. On the Legitimacy of Confucian Constitutionalism

4. On the Legitimacy of Confucian Constitutionalism

5. An Old Mandate for a New State: On Jiang Qing's Political Confucianism

5. An Old Mandate for a New State: On Jiang Qing's Political Confucianism

6. Transcendent Heaven? A Critique of Jiang Qing's Grounding of the Right to Rule

6. Transcendent Heaven? A Critique of Jiang Qing's Grounding of the Right to Rule

7. Is the Way of the Humane Authority a Good Thing? An Assessment of Confucian Constitutionalism

7. Is the Way of the Humane Authority a Good Thing? An Assessment of Confucian Constitutionalism

Part III: Response to the Commentators

Part III: Response to the Commentators

8. Debating with My Critics

8. Debating with My Critics

Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Bibliography

Contributors

Contributors

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