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Record Nr.

UNINA9910390857103321

Autore

Li Zhuoyao

Titolo

Political Liberalism, Confucianism, and the Future of Democracy in East Asia / / by Zhuoyao Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-43116-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, , 2352-8370 ; ; 12

Disciplina

321.8095

Soggetti

Political philosophy

Political theory

Philosophy, Asian

Comparative politics

Democracy

Political Philosophy

Political Theory

Non-Western Philosophy

Comparative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Political Liberalism and the Paradigm Shift of Political Philosophy -- Chapter 2: The Public Conception of Morality in Political Liberalism -- Chapter 3: Against the Asymmetry Objection -- Chapter 4: The Idea of Hyperpluralism and Pluralism in East Asia -- Chapter 5: Confucianism and Comprehensive Confucian Perfectionism -- Chapter 6: The Discontents of Moderate Political Confucianism -- Chapter 7: Politica; Confucianism and Multivariate Democracy in East Asia -- Chapter 8: Towards a Pluralistic Approach to Antiperfectonism -- Chapter 9: Respect, Recognition, and Toleration: A Concentric Theory of Global Justice -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contributes to both the internal debate in liberalism and the application of political liberalism to the process of democratization in East Asia. Beyond John Rawls’ original intention to limit the scope of political liberalism to only existing and well-ordered liberal



democracies, political liberalism has the potential to inspire and contribute to democratic establishment and maintenance in East Asia. Specifically, the book has two main objectives. First, it will demonstrate that political liberalism offers the most promising vision for liberal democracy, and it can be defended against contemporary perfectionist objections. Second, it will show that perfectionist approaches to political Confucianism suffer from practical and theoretical difficulties. Instead, an alternative model of democracy inspired by political liberalism will be explored in order to achieve a multivariate structure for citizens to come to terms with democracy in their own ways, to support a neutral state that ensures the establishment and stability of democracy, and to maintain an active public role for Confucianism to prevent it from being banished to the private sphere. This model represents a more promising future for democracy in East Asia.