Title Remaking China's public philosophy for the twenty-first century / Jinghao Zhou ; foreword by Derek H. Davis

Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 231 pages) Contents Foreword / Derek H. Davis -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Raising the issue of remaking China's public philosophy -- The significance of remaking China's public philosophy -- The theory of public philosophy -- A new public philosophy in the Chinese context -- Notes -- 2. The historical basis of China's public philosophy -- Why study China's history? -- The characteristics of historic China -- The roots of the Chinese political system -- Chinese society and Chinese patriarchal religion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Ideological battles through centuries -- China's ideology and the global social order -- Confucianism as the dominant ideology in premodern China -- The three people's principles in theory and practice -- Marxism in contemporary China -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. The real dangers behind Chinese economic prosperity -- The theoretical roots of China's economy -- The historical inquiry : China's economic reform movement -- Significance and shortcomings of the reform movement -- The official philosophy behind China's economic reform movement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. The last fortress of antidemocratization -- The ultimate obstacle to China's political reform -- Why China's democratic movement failed -- Should China be ruled by the Party? -- The status of the individual in communist China -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6. A rapier : the functions of religion in China's democratization -- The connections between religion and democratization -- Religion tradition in China -- Confucianism as the dominant Chinese religion -- Chinese religions and Christianity together serve democratization -- The Party, Marxism, religion, and democratization -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7. The double missions of Chinese education -- The shadow of Chinese traditional education -- Education under the Chinese communist government -- Unresolved educational problems -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8. Remaking China's public philosophy and China's future -- The capitalist system and China's democratization -- Has China changed its socialist identity? -- Globalization and challenges -- The future of China -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Uses the prism of public philosophy to examine Chinese society, modernization, globalization, and democratization as a whole Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index Notes Print version record Subject Political culture -- China POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General. Economic history Political culture Politics and government Social policy SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175 China -- Social policy China -- Economic conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023 Subject China Form Electronic book ISBN 9780313057397 0313057397

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