The Discourse of Human Rights in China [electronic resource] : Historical and Ideological Perspectives /
Weatherley, R.author.
Examines the contentious subject of human rights in China. However, in contrast to the majority of the literature which focuses on alleged Chinese abuses of human rights, the author examines the emergence and evolution of a Chinese conception of rights, paying attention to the impact of Confucianism, Republicanism and Marxism on this conception.
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Human Rights in Western Liberal Thinking; 2. Rights,Human Rights and Chinese Confucianism; 3. The Discourse of Rights in Late Qing and Republican China; 4. Marx,Marxism and Rights; 5. Rights Thinking in the People 's Republic of China; 6. New Departures in Chinese Thinking on Human Rights; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examines the contentious subject of human rights in China. However, in contrast to the majority of the literature which focuses on alleged Chinese abuses of human rights, the author examines the emergence and evolution of a Chinese conception of rights, paying attention to the impact of Confucianism, Republicanism and Marxism on this conception.
Political science.
Sociology.
United States-History.
Social justice.
Political theory.
Political Science.
Human Rights.
Gender Studies.
US History.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Political Theory.