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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785913303321

Titolo

The politics of affective relations : East Asia and beyond / / edited by Chaihark Hahm and Daniel A. Bell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

9786613926555

0-7391-5920-8

1-283-61410-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Global encounters : studies in comparative political theory

Disciplina

320/.01

Soggetti

Civil society - East Asia

Social interaction - East Asia

Social networks - East Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The politics of affective relations in East Asia / Daniel A. Bell and Hahm Chaihark -- Confucian perspectives on pluralism, gender equality, and the family / David B. Wong -- Confucianism and the public sphere : five relationships plus one? / Fred R. Dallmayr -- Exploring the nonfamilial in Confucian political philosophy / Joseph Chan -- Is a Confucian family-oriented civil society possible? / Ruiping Fan -- The personal is political : Confucianism and liberal feminism / Sin Yee Chan -- Selected Confucian networks and values in society and the economy / Hoyt Cleveland Tillman -- The political ambiguity of voluntary associations : Chinese forms of civic possibility, past, and present / R. Bin Wong -- Rethinking civil society in China : an interpretative approach / Liang Zhiping -- Democracy in Korea and the myth of civil society /  Sung Ho Kim -- From relations to rules : a theoretical explanation and empirical evidence / Shaomin Li -- Social networks, electronic commerce, and economic liberalization in China / Jane K. Winn -- Social networks, civil society, democracy, and rule of law : a new conceptual framework / Randall Peerenboom -- Negotiating Confucian civility through constitutional discourse / Hahm



Chaihark.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Politics of Affective Relations, editors Daniel Bell and Hahm Chaihark refine our understanding of the East Asian conception of the self by examining how that conception was formulated, reproduced, and utilized throughout history. By bringing together a collection of articles authored by experts in a variety of academic disciplines, Bell and Hahm scrutinize how the East Asian emphasis on 'relationality' manifests itself in various real-life settings such as the family, the economy, politics, and the legal system. This volume will provide readers with a broader perspective on and a deepe