Human rights and Chinese thought : a cross-cultural inquiry / Stephen C. Angle.
Human rights and Chinese thought : a cross-cultural inquiry / Stephen C. Angle.
Human rights and Chinese thought : a cross-cultural inquiry / Stephen C. Angle.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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2002.
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N323.0951/ 7
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English
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xviii, 285 p. ; 23 cm.
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Ch. 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Recent History -- 1.2. Current Approaches: Insights and Limitations -- 1.3. This Book -- Ch. 2. Languages, Concepts, and Pluralism -- 2.1. Concepts -- 2.2. Conceptual Distances -- 2.3. Pluralism -- Ch. 3. The Consequences of Pluralism -- 3.1. Our Own Values -- 3.2. Static...
Ch. 8. Engagement despite Distinctiveness -- 8.1. Rights and Interests -- 8.2. Rights and Harmony -- 8.3. Political versus Economic Rights -- Ch. 9. Conclusions.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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England
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2002.
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"China poses great challenges to human rights in theory and practice. In practice, China is considered, by the measure of most Western countries, to have a patchy record of protecting individuals' human rights. In the theoretical realm, Chinese intellectuals and government officials have challenged the idea that the term "human rights" can be unive...
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Human rights and Chinese thought : a cross-cultural inquiry / Stephen C. Angle.
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Cambridge modern China series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index.
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0521809711
9780521007528 (pbk.)
0521007526 (pbk.)
9780521809719 (hbk.)
0521809711 (hbk.)
9780521809719
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323.0951
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991015217079702626
