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Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Politics -- 1. From Communism to Confucianism: Changing Discourses on China's Political Future -- 2. War, Peace, and China's Soft Power -- 3. Hierarchical Rituals for Egalitarian Societies -- PART TWO: Society -- 4. Sex, Singing, and Civility: The Costs and Benefits of the Karaoke Trade -- 5. How Should Employers Treat Domestic Workers? -- 6. The Politics of Sports: From the 2006 World Cup to the 2008 Olympics -- PART THREE: Education -- 7. A Critique of Critical Thinking -- 8. Teaching Political Theory in Beijing -- 9. On Being Confucian: Why Confucians Needn't Be Old, Serious, and Conservative -- APPENDICES -- 1. Depoliticizing the Analects -- 2. Jiang Qing's Political Confucianism -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

"Two vivid sets of images epitomize the dramatic course of the American right in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The main image is of a triumphant President Ronald Reagan, reasonably viewed as the most effec-tive president of recent decades. A second set of images comes from the bombing of a government building in Oklahoma City by Timothy McVeigh, a man linked to shadowy parts of the contemporary ultraright. The roots of Reaganism are conservative, intellectual, and political movements of the 1950s and 1960s, including currents that in those years were considered marginal and ex-tremist. The roots of the ultraright of the 1990s have intersecting though by no means identical sources.Serious evaluation of the American right should begin with The Radical Right. It describes the main positions and composition of distinctive forces on the right in the first half of the 1950s and the next decade. It recognizes the right's vehement opposition to domestic and international Communism, its sharp rejec-tion of the New Deal, and its difficulty in distinguishing between the two. Bell's controversial point of departure is to regard the basic position of what he terms the radical right as excessive in its estimation of the Communist threat and unrealistic in its rejection of New Deal reforms. From this starting point, Bell and his authors evaluate the ways the right went beyond programs and the self-descriptions of its leaders and organizers.The Radical Right explains McCarthyism and its successors in terms of conflicts over social status and the shape of American culture. Daniel Bell focuses on the social dislo-cation of significant groups in the post-New Deal decades. Many members of these groups perceived themselves as dispossessed and victimized by recent changes, even if it was not possible to regard them as having undergone any great suffering.David Plotke's major new introduction discusses the book's argument, McCarthyism"--Provided by publisher.

"Westerners tend to divide the political world into 'good' democracies and 'bad' authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved into a political system that can best be described as 'political meritocracy.' [This work] seeks to understand the ideals and the reality of this unique political system"--

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 Is Democracy the Least Bad Political System? -- CHAPTER 2 On the Selection of Good Leaders in a Political Meritocracy -- CHAPTER 3 What's Wrong with Political Meritocracy -- CHAPTER 4 Three Models of Democratic Meritocracy -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: REALIZING THE CHINA MODEL -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

The rise of China, along with problems of governance in democratic countries, has reinvigorated the theory of political meritocracy. But what is the theory of political meritocracy and how can it set standards for evaluating political progress (and regress)? To help answer these questions, this volume gathers a series of commissioned research papers from an interdisciplinary group of leading philosophers, historians and social scientists. The result is the first book in decades to examine the rise (or revival) of political meritocracy and what it will mean for political developments in China and the rest of the world. Despite its limitations, meritocracy has contributed much to human flourishing in East Asia and beyond and will continue to do so in the future. This book is essential reading for those who wish to further the debate and perhaps even help to implement desirable forms of political change

Is liberal democracy appropriate for East Asia? In this provocative book, Daniel Bell argues for morally legitimate alternatives to Western-style liberal democracy in the region. Beyond Liberal Democracy, which continues the author's influential earlier work, is divided into three parts that correspond to the three main hallmarks of liberal democracy--human rights, democracy, and capitalism. These features have been modified substantially during their transmission to East Asian societies that have been shaped by nonliberal practices and values. Bell points to the dangers of implementing Wester

For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity. Internationally renowned philosophers, historians, and social scientists argue otherwise in Confucian Political Ethics. They show how classical Confucian theory--with its emphasis on family ties, self-improvement, education, and the social good--is highly relevant to the most pressing dilemmas confronting us today. Drawing upon in-depth, cross-cultural dialogues, the contributors delve into the relationship of Confucian political ethics to contemporary social issue

Drawing upon in-depth, cross-cultural dialogues, the contributors delve into the relationship of Confucian political ethics to contemporary social issues, exploring Confucian perspectives on civil society, government, territorial boundaries and boundaries of the human body and body politic, and ethical pluralism. They examine how Confucianism, often dismissed as backwardly patriarchal, can in fact find common ground with a range of contemporary feminist values and need not hinder gender equality. And they show how Confucian theories about war and peace were formulated in a context not so different from today's international system, and how they can help us achieve a more peaceful global community. --From publisher's description

Is liberal democracy appropriate for East Asia? In this provocative book, Daniel Bell argues for morally legitimate alternatives to Western-style liberal democracy in the region. Beyond Liberal Democracy, which continues the author's influential earlier work, is divided into three parts that correspond to the three main hallmarks of liberal democracy--human rights, democracy, and capitalism. These features have been modified substantially during their transmission to East Asian societies that have been shaped by nonliberal practices and values. Bell points to the dangers of implement

Drawing upon in-depth, cross-cultural dialogues, the contributors delve into the relationship of Confucian political ethics to contemporary social issues, exploring Confucian perspectives on civil society, government, territorial boundaries and boundaries of the human body and body politic, and ethical pluralism. They examine how Confucianism, often dismissed as backwardly patriarchal, can in fact find common ground with a range of contemporary feminist values and need not hinder gender equality. And they show how Confucian theories about war and peace were formulated in a context not so different from today's international system, and how they can help us achieve a more peaceful global community. --From publisher's description.

This text presents the translation of "The Dispossessed", the first chapter of The radical right. The New American Right Expanded and Updated, originally published in 1962 by Daniel Bell. It deals with the emergence of the radical right on the American political scene at the beginning of the 1960s, pointing out the importance in this context of the social and cultural changes linked to late modernity. Bell's reflections anticipate analyses and interpretations of great interest for the current study of the radical right. ; Este texto presenta la traducción de "Los desposeídos", primer capítulo de la obra The radical right. The New American Right Expanded and Updated publicado originalmente en 1962, autoría de Daniel Bell. En el mismo se aborda la emergencia de la derecha radical en la escena politica estadounidense al inicio de los años sesenta del siglo XX, señalando la importancia en ese contexto de los cambios sociales y culturales vinculados a la modernidad tardía. Las reflexiones de Bell anticipan análisis e interpretaciones de gran interés para el estudio actual de la derecha radical.