The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response

The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response

In the current crisis of liberal democracy, Confucianism has been cited as offering superior alternativemodels of government. With the resources from Dewey’s Pragmatism, this paper defends democracy, whichshould not be equated to de facto liberal democracies, as desirable for Confucian societies. It...

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Main Author: TAN, Sor-hoon
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
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John Dewey
Pragmatism
Confucianism
traditionalism
end of history
Liberty
Community
Equality
Political Science
Sociology
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-48922022-09-01T08:54:03Z The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response TAN, Sor-hoon In the current crisis of liberal democracy, Confucianism has been cited as offering superior alternativemodels of government. With the resources from Dewey’s Pragmatism, this paper defends democracy, whichshould not be equated to de facto liberal democracies, as desirable for Confucian societies. It examines theaffinities between Confucian and Dewey’s conception of the person and community and argues for anunderstanding of democratic values that brings together Dewey’s democratic values and Confucian ideals ofpersonal cultivation and virtuous governance. 2022-02-15T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3634 info:doi/10.3366/jspp.2022.0004 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University John Dewey Pragmatism Confucianism traditionalism end of history Liberty Community Equality Political Science Sociology
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topic John Dewey
Pragmatism
Confucianism
traditionalism
end of history
Liberty
Community
Equality
Political Science
Sociology
spellingShingle John Dewey
Pragmatism
Confucianism
traditionalism
end of history
Liberty
Community
Equality
Political Science
Sociology
TAN, Sor-hoon
The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response
description In the current crisis of liberal democracy, Confucianism has been cited as offering superior alternativemodels of government. With the resources from Dewey’s Pragmatism, this paper defends democracy, whichshould not be equated to de facto liberal democracies, as desirable for Confucian societies. It examines theaffinities between Confucian and Dewey’s conception of the person and community and argues for anunderstanding of democratic values that brings together Dewey’s democratic values and Confucian ideals ofpersonal cultivation and virtuous governance.
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author TAN, Sor-hoon
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title The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response
title_short The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response
title_full The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response
title_fullStr The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response
title_full_unstemmed The crisis of liberal democracy and the Confucian challenge: A pragmatist response
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2022
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3634
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