LEADER 03645nam 22006015 450 001 9910766881703321 005 20250324164824.0 010 $a9789819970896 010 $a981997089X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-99-7089-6 035 $a(PPN)28390996X 035 $a(CKB)29020506500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30963259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30963259 035 $a(OCoLC)1410593670 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-99-7089-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9929020506500041 100 $a20231121d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLegitimacy, the Chinese Communist Party and Confucius /$fby Wai Kong Ng 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (290 pages) 311 08$a9789819970889 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Legitimacy and Legitimation Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 3: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of Legitimacy in the Chinese Context -- Chapter 4: The Legacy of the Liberation, 1949-Present: A Country and Party in Transition -- Chapter 5: Contemporary Legitimacy Issues of the CPC -- Chapter 6: Main Strands of Confucianism -- Chapter 7: The Nature of The Confucian Turn: Part 1 -- Chapter 8: The Nature of The Confucian Turn: Part 2 -- Chapter 9: A Viable Legitimation Story Based on Confucian Democracy -- Chapter 10: Conclusion. 330 $aThis book explores the use of Confucianism by the Chinese Communist Party in its assertion of political legitimacy. Confucian thought offers an enduring framework for political legitimacy in East Asian societies, including China. All states strive to acquire legitimacy, and despite once denouncing Confucianism as the remnants of feudal poison, the Party is turning towards Confucianism as part of its legitimation efforts. This suggests that the Party is suffering from an ideological void in terms of legitimacy and legitimation due to the diminishing relevance of Marxism in Chinese societal practices. The book will devise a non-liberal legitimacy framework, drawing on the ideas of Habermas and Bernard Williams, to examine the legitimacy of the Party, and use an analysis of the elite discourse to determine the nature of the Confucian turn, in a sharp polemic that will interest scholars of Chinese politics, of the role of traditional beliefs in Asian modernity, and in China's future. Dr Wai Kong Ng is currently a Visiting Researcher at Newcastle University, England. After a successful career in business, he returned to academia to pursue a long-held interest in Chinese politics. He passed his MA in International Politics with Distinction at Newcastle University, before completing his doctorate in Politics at the University of Leeds. 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aReligions 606 $aEast Asia 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aAsian Politics 606 $aEast Asian Religions 606 $aPolitical Theory 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aReligions. 615 0$aEast Asia. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 14$aAsian Politics. 615 24$aEast Asian Religions. 615 24$aPolitical Theory. 676 $a299.5120951 700 $aNg$b Wai Kong$01450602 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910766881703321 996 $aLegitimacy, the Chinese Communist Party and Confucius$93650088 997 $aUNINA