The other China model: Daoism, pluralism, and political liberalism

• Main Author: JOSHI, Devin K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: China; comparative political thought; Daoism; liberalism; John Stuart Mill; Asian Studies; Ethics and Political Philosophy; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3306; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4563/viewcontent/Polity_The_Other_China_Model__2020_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

While scholars often portray Chinese political thought and tradition as standing in opposition to Western notions of political liberalism, little consideration has been given to compatibility between liberalism and Daoism, a prominent religion and long-standing alternative school of thought among Ch...