Confucianism's Prospects

Confucianism's ProspectsChallenges descriptions of East Asian societies as Confucian cultures and communitarian Confucian models as a political alternative to liberal democracy. In Confucianism's Prospects, Shaun O'Dwyer offers a rare critical engagement with English language scholarship on Confucianism. Against the background of historical and sociological research into the rapid modernization of East Asian societies, O'Dwyer reviews several key Confucian ethical ideas and

This book explores all primary religious dimensions: myth

A major thinker and critic

and always have been: there was no golden age for social mobility in culture

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Nico Randeraad follows nine international conferences organised by statisticians in different European countries

masculine Hinduism is rooted in a rigid "us versus them" view of nation that becomes implicated in violence and intolerance

Comprised of six short works of fiction

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quest in search of lost time and the memory of a much-changed place

Jewish mysticism

Contributors consider a wide range of topics and provide scene reviews of films to delve deeper into the makeup of the city