Authoritative Master Kong in an authoritarian age

Employing the distinction between the authoritarian (based on coercion) and the authoritative (based on excellence), this study of the understanding of authority in the Analects argues against interpretations of Confucianism which cast Confucius himself as advocating authoritarianism. Passages with...

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Main Author: TAN, Sor-hoon
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2543
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3800/viewcontent/Tan2010_Article_AuthoritativeMasterKongConfuci.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English