"…Tan's Deweyan reconstruction of Confucianism proves to be a very fruitful and stimulating dialogue between East and West.
All in all her book is a remarkable achievement and one that will prove invaluable as the meaning of 'global philosophy' evolves over the coming decades." - Philosophy East & West She does so through a meticulous engagement with the best of scholarship on Confucius and Dewey, and in the process she also uncovers new layers of significance in the works of these two giants of thought. In Confucian Democracy … Sor-hoon Tan offers a brilliant essay in comparative philosophy that single-handedly restores depth, nuance, and importance to this still key concept. "Globalization is now a buzzword that may well be dying the slow death of a lack of meaning brought on by overuse. "…this book is well written and persuasively argued." - Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy Reconstructing Confucianism and Democracyĭemocracy and the Realpolitik of Stability The Political Domains of Procedural RepublicsĮxemplary Persons: Ethico-Political Ends-in-ViewĪre People Good Enough for Self-Government?Ĭoercion and Authority in Imperfect Situations The Science of Community: Cooperative Inquiry Tension between Distinctness and ConnectednessĬhoice in the Liberal-Communitarian DebateĪchieving Harmony through Confucian Ritual Practice Unique Rather Than Autonomous IndividualsĬonstructing a Confucian Conception of Self
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