New horizons in eastern humanism Buddhism, Confucianism and the quest for global peace
China now attracts global attention and headlines that are directly proportionate to its increasing economic and geopolitical power. But for several millennia the philosophy that has guided and shaped the soul of China is not modern Communism, or even new forms of capitalism, but rather Confucianism...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
I. B. Tauris
2011
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| Summary: | China now attracts global attention and headlines that are directly proportionate to its increasing economic and geopolitical power. But for several millennia the philosophy that has guided and shaped the soul of China is not modern Communism, or even new forms of capitalism, but rather Confucianism. And one of the most striking phenomena relating to China's ascendancy on the world stage is a burgeoning interest, throughout Asia and beyond, in the humanistic culture and value-system that underlie Chinese politics and finance: particularly the complex, multi-layered and sophisticated thought of Confucius as passed on in the Analects. |
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| Physical Description: | 162 pages 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781848855922 (hbk) 9781848855939 pbk) |