Title: The Tao encounters the West
First published: 1999
Description: The relation between liberal democracy and Confucianism is explored by author Chenyang Li as he argues for a Chinese future where both coexist as independent value systems. This relationship is shown through a comparative study of Chinese and Western ideas and philosophies of being, truth, language, ethics, religion, and values. The book covers a wide range of philosophers and philosophies, including Aristotle, Zhuang Zi, Heidegger, Confucius, Kripke, and feminist care ethics.

Li shows how a comparative approach to different patterns of thinking in Chinese and Western traditions sheds light on the intelligibility of Chinese multiple ethico-religious practice, which in turn supports the claim that democracy and Confucianism can coexist as independent value systems.
Subjects: East and West, Philosophy, Confucian, Democracy, Philosophy, Comparative, Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Confucian Philosophy, Konfuzianismus, Vergleichende Philosophie, Taoism
Places: China
LC classification: B127.C65 L495 1999