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The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel

Essays on Political Philosophy in Our Modern Era of Interacting Cultures

By: Thomas A Metzger

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The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel

Essays on Political Philosophy in Our Modern Era of Interacting Cultures

By: Thomas A Metzger

The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel opens up a new way of pursuing the critical development of political philosophy in today's intercultural intellectual arena. Metzger holds that political philosophies are linguistically unavoidable efforts to infer the principles of morally legitimate government from a maximally enlightened conceptualization of the universal human condition. Because these efforts depend on a vocabulary embodying culturally inherited premises, textual analysis uncovering these premises and debate about how they should be revised are crucial for the improvement of political philosophy.

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

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9629964880

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9789629964887

A Cloud Across the Pacific

Essays on the Clash Between Chinese and Western Political Theories Today

By: Thomas A. Metzger

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A Cloud Across the Pacific

Essays on the Clash Between Chinese and Western Political Theories Today

By: Thomas A. Metzger

This book uncovers the basic contradictions between contemporary China's complex ideological marketplace and Western liberalism. It describes and puts into critical context three versions of Western liberalism (those of F. A. Hayek, John Rawls, and John Dunn), three versions of Chinese liberalism (those of Yang Kuo-shu, Li Qiang, and Ambrose Y.C. King), two versions of modern Confucian humanism (those of T'ang Ch, n-i, and Henry K.H. Woo), and various versions of Chinese Marxism, including Kao Li-k'o's in the early 1990s and some of the recent New Left writings. It shows that all these Chinese political theories, not only Chinese Marxism, depend on a number of premises at odds with Western liberalism, especially epistemological optimism and an extravagantly optimistic concept of political practicability. It also argues that not only these Chinese theories but also Western liberalism have failed to offer adequate normative guidelines for the improvement of political life. This study combines a deep understanding of the history of Chinese thought with a strong grasp of modern philosophical trends and an innovative methodology for the description and criticism of political theories. It will be useful to students of modern Chinese intellectual history, of political philosophy, of political culture, of the comparative study of cultures, and of U.S.-Chinese relations.

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Chinese University Press

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9629961229

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9789629961220

From a Far Distant Time & Place

A Genealogical Study of the Ancestors & Family of Jacob (Stephen) Gruben & Maria Emilie Krämer

By: Thomas Peter Glass

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From a Far Distant Time & Place

A Genealogical Study of the Ancestors & Family of Jacob (Stephen) Gruben & Maria Emilie Krämer

By: Thomas Peter Glass

Family genealogy dating back to the middle of the 17th century. Includes a discussion of the nature of and working with German civil registration and Catholic Church records in Germany.

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562

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Trafford Publishing

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1412063272

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9781412063272

Some Thoughts about Writing

By: Thomas Sowell

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Some Thoughts about Writing

By: Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell gives you his ins and outs about writing. He describes the challenge of dealing with publishers, copy-editors, and book reviewers.

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Hoover Press

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0817938737

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9780817938734

Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy

Violent Disputes Over Property Rights in Eighteenth-Century China

By: Thomas M. Buoye

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Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy

Violent Disputes Over Property Rights in Eighteenth-Century China

By: Thomas M. Buoye

In this book, Thomas Buoye examines the impact of large-scale economic change on social conflict in eighteenth-century China. He draws upon a large body of actual, documented homicide cases originating in property disputes to recreate the social tensions of rural China during the Qianlong reign (1736-1795). The development of property rights, a process that had begun in the Ming dynasty, was accompanied by other changes that fostered disruption and conflict, including an explosion in the population growth and the increasing strain on land and resources, and increasing commercialization in agriculture. Buoye challenges the 'markets' and 'moral economy' theories of economic behaviour. Applying the theories of Douglass North for the first time to this subject, he uses an institutional framework to explain seemingly irrational economic choices. Buoye examines demographic and technological factors, ideology, and political and economic institutions in rural China to understand the link between economic and social change.

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300

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Cambridge University Press

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0521027810

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9780521027816

A Cloud Across the Pacific

Essays on the Clash Between Chinese and Western Political Theories Today

By: Thomas A. Metzger

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Essays on the Clash Between Chinese and Western Political Theories Today

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The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel

Essays on Political Philosophy in Our Modern Era of Interacting Cultures

By: Thomas A Metzger

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Essays on Political Philosophy in Our Modern Era of Interacting Cultures

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

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Book's by Thomas A. Metzger

The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel

The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel

A Cloud Across the Pacific

A Cloud Across the Pacific

From a Far Distant Time & Place

From a Far Distant Time & Place

Some Thoughts about Writing

Some Thoughts about Writing

Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy

Manslaughter, Markets, and Moral Economy

A Cloud Across the Pacific

A Cloud Across the Pacific

The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel

The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel

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