| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
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Routledge studies in social and political thought.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Political thought and the non-western world; Redefining and defending the Enlightenment; Overview; References; 2. The Jesuits: A swinging door ; The Jesuits in late Ming and early Qing China; The Lord in Heaven and the Son of Heaven; Kangxi over Confucianism; A Jesuit swansong; Notes; References; 3. Pierre Bayle: A tolerant, atheistic monarchy; Bayle as political thinker; Bayle as historical and cross-cultural sceptic; Jesuitical imperialism; The tolerant emperor; Chinese atheism |
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Rational absolutismNotes; References; 4. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Natural theology and universal justice ; Leibniz and cultural exchange; The project to invade Egypt; Shaping the Jesuit mission; Chinese natural theology; Chinese justice; Universal justice; Notes; References; 5. Montesquieu and Chinese despotism; Montesquieu as interpreter of China; Cultural diversity and the spirit of the laws; Asian despotism; Chinese absolutism; Despotic enfeeblement; Natural conditions; A despotic religion of manners; Notes; References |
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Conclusion: The early European Enlightenment in Chinese political thoughtNotes; References; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317611219 |
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1317611217 |
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