Authority and Welfare in China

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ISBN: 9780333727645 | 0333727649
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/1999

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This book describes the relationship between political authoritarianism and people's welfare in modern China. Based on a study of Chinese political discourse from the 1898 reform period to the present, the book demonstrates that support for authoritarian rule in modern China is best understood when compared to ancient political traditions of authority and welfare that were established in China's late Zhou dynasty by the Confucian philosopher Xunzi (298-238 BC).

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Focus of the Study	p. 1
Western Perceptions of Chinese Authority	p. 2
Post-Mao Perceptions of China's Authoritarian Politics	p. 4
Themes and Structure of the Book	p. 5
Ancient Authority and Welfare	p. 11
Xunzi and Ancient Chinese Authority	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
Chaos and Confucius	p. 14
The Search for Ethics and Order	p. 15
Authority and Welfare in the Lunyu and the Mencius	p. 16
Authority and Welfare in the Xunzi	p. 19
Xunzi's Influence on Chinese History and Politics	p. 24
Conclusion	p. 27
Kang Youwei	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
The Challenge to Patriarchal Authority	p. 30
Detour Toward Confused Authority	p. 31
Authority and Welfare in Kang Youwei's Writings	p. 34
The 'Hundred Days of Reform'	p. 41
Conclusion	p. 43
Liang Qichao	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Two Perspectives on Liang Qichao	p. 45
Liang's Intellectual Journey to the West	p. 47
Enlightened Despotism	p. 51
Liang's Critique of the Revolutionaries	p. 53
Authority and Welfare in Liang Qichao's Writings	p. 56
Conclusion	p. 59
Revolutionary Authority and Welfare	p. 61
Sun Yatsen	p. 63
Introduction	p. 63
Sun's Nationalism and Xunzi's Qun	p. 63
Sun's Democracy and Xunzi's 'Natural Inequality'	p. 67
Sun's Socialism and Xunzi's Datong	p. 72
Conclusion	p. 76
Mao Zedong	p. 79
Introduction	p. 79
Sun Yatsen's 'Three Principles' and Mao's Early Years	p. 80
Mao's Retreat from Sun's 'Three Principles'	p. 83
Explaining Mao's Retreat from Sun's 'Three Principles'	p. 87
Sun's Authoritarianism in Mao's China	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 94
Deng Xiaoping	p. 97
Introduction	p. 97
Sun Yatsen's Influence on Deng's Theory	p. 98
Sun's Influence on Deng's Economic Reforms	p. 100
Sun's Influence on Deng's Political Reforms	p. 103
Deng's Socialism and Sun's Minsheng	p. 106
Sun's Authoritarianism in Deng's China	p. 107
Conclusion	p. 109
New Authority and Welfare	p. 111
The 'New Authoritarian' Debates	p. 113
Introduction	p. 113
China's 'Confucian Revival' in the 1980s	p. 114
Old Authoritarianism and New Authoritarianism	p. 116
The Debate on Institutionalized Confucianism	p. 119
The Lessons of the Late Qing	p. 122
The Debate on Sun Yatsen's Authoritarian Politics	p. 125
The Debate on Mao Zedong's Authoritarian Politics	p. 127
Conclusion	p. 129
The Impact of Tiananmen	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
The First Phase of the Debates, 1988-9	p. 132
The Post-Tiananmen Debates	p. 137
Tiananmen's Impact on the People	p. 142
Transitional New Authoritarianism?	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 151
Summary	p. 151
Authority, Welfare and Democracy in China	p. 158
Notes and References	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 217
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