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The current work invites Americans to step through the looking glass - backwards, this time - and view ourselves from a Confucian perspective. In his analysis, Zhang draws together references to the I Ching, Leibniz, Tocqueville, Lipset and Aristotle, a judicious few statistics such as crime rate and economic growth, and the lions of Chinese philosophy.
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A modern Chinese scholar nvites Americans to step through the looking glass - backwards, this time - and view ourselves from a Confucian perspective. In his analysis, Zhang draws together references to the I Ching, Leibniz, Tocqueville, Lipset and Aristotle, a judicious few statistics such as crime rate and economic growth, and the lions of Chinese philosophy.
The American Civilization Portrayed in Ancient Confucianism SYNOPSIS
Having spent some years exploring ancient Confucianism in the light of contemporary social and natural sciences, Zhang (economics, Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific U., Japan) turns the lens and considers what the traditional Chinese philosophy has to say about modern America. He presents connections and similarities between the cultural underpinnings of East and West and, looking to the future, sees further intermingling rather than a clash of civilizations. He does not provide an index. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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