1st Edition
Confucian Sentimental Representation A New Approach to Confucian Democracy
By Kyung Rok Kwon
Copyright 2022
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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Kwon conceptualizes a unique mode of political representation in East Asian society, which derives its moral foundation from Confucian virtue politics.
Contemporary East Asian societies understand democracy differently than Western societies do. Even citizens in consolidated democracies such as Taiwan and South Korea have different conceptions of an ideal relationship between a political leader... Read more
1. Introduction: Why Confucian Sentimental Representation? 2. Rationalist Representation in Western Political Philosophy 3. Confucian Sentimental Representation 4. Against Confucian Meritocracy 5. Confucian Sentimental Representation in Democratic Society: Kim's Public Reason Confucianism Revisited 6. Conclusion: Representation as Acting with and Confucian Democracy
Biography
Kyung Rok Kwon is a postdoctoral fellow of Research Center for Humanities and Social Science at Academia Sinica (Taiwan). He received his Ph.D. in Department of Public Policy from City University of Hong Kong. His main research interests include comparative political theory (East and West) and Confucian political theory.
