{"product_id":"human-dignity-in-classical-chinese-qianfan-zhang-9781137532176","title":"Human Dignity in Classical Chinese Philosophy: Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism","description":"This book reinterprets classical Chinese philosophical tradition along the conceptual line of human dignity. Through extensive textual evidence, it illustrates that classical Confucianism, Mohism and Daoism contained rich notions of dignity, which laid the foundation for human rights and political liberty in China, even though, historically, liberal democracy failed to grow out of the authoritarian soil in China. The book critically examines the causes that might have prevented the classical schools from developing a liberal tradition, while affirming their positive contributions to the human dignity concept. \u003cbr\u003eAnalysing the inadequacies of the western concept of human dignity, the text covers relevant teachings of Kongzi, Mengzi, Xunzi, Mozi, Laozi and Zhuangzi (in comparison with Rousseau). While the Confucian notions of humanity (Ren), righteousness (Yi), and gentleman (Junzi) bear most directly on the conception of dignity, Mohism and Daoism provide salutary corrections to the ossification of the orthodox Confucian practice (Li).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Qianfan Zhang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137532173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137532176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.63h x 6.07w x 0.70d","brand":"Qianfan Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43924171718911,"sku":"9781137532176","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0dfd0569-7dc5-4954-b566-02ac95bcc605.jpg?v=1681068892","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-dignity-in-classical-chinese-qianfan-zhang-9781137532176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}