Power and Philosophy: East vs West |Julian Baggini, Jamie Whyte, Vivienne Shue
Philosophy For Our Times
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Confucianism and the Rhetorical Space
The adoption of those ideas at state level doesn't mean that they are universally interpreted at popular level. We tend to think of these things as in a kind of state philosophy, particularly in china,. confucianism is a political philosophy. The great confusion concept is of harmony and social harmony being very important. And this is the rhetorical space with which the current regime will also talk.
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