The Trouble with Confucianism

by William Theodore de Bary

Book Overview

In Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia, as well as China, people are asking, "What does Confucianism have to offer today?" For some, Confucius is still the symbol of a reactionary and repressive past; for others, he is the humanist admired by generations of scholars and thinkers, East and West, for his ethical system and discipline. In the face of such complications, only a scholar of Theodore de Bary's stature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674910168
• ISBN13: 9780674910164
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"