| Description |
ix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Human Rights in Western Liberal Thinking -- 2. Rights, Human Rights and Chinese Confucianism -- 3. The Discourse of Rights in Late Qing and Republican China -- 4. Marx, Marxism and Rights -- 5. Rights Thinking in the People's Republic of China -- 6. New Departures in Chinese Thinking on Human Rights |
| Summary |
"There can be few countries in the world that have faced more intense external criticism of their human rights record than the People's Republic of China. In seeking to defend itself, the Chinese government has accused the West of imposing a distinctly liberal criterion of human rights on a country with a markedly different conception of the subject which is grounded in its own historical, cultural and philosophical background. This book explores the validity of such claims, paying particular attention to the state ideologies of Confucianism, Republicanism and Marxism."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ideology -- China.
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Human rights -- China.
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| LC no. |
99011216 |
| ISBN |
0312222815 St. Martins Press |
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0333746287 |
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