Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives

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Westerners seem united in the belief that China has emerged as a major economic power and that this success will most likely continue indefinitely. But they are less certain about the future of China's political system. China's steps toward free market capitalism have led many outsiders to expect increased democratization and a more Western political system. The Chinese, however, have developed their own version of capitalism. Westerners view Chinese politics through the lens of their own ideologies, preventing them from understanding Chinese goals and policies. In Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives, Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang bring together leading Chinese intellectuals to debate the main political ideas shaping the rapidly changing nation. Investigating such topics as the popular "China Model", the resurgence of Chinese Confucianism and its applications to the modern world, and liberal socialism, the contributors move beyond usual analytical frameworks toward what Dallmayr and Zhao call "a dismantling of ideological straitjackets." Comprising a broad range of opinions and perspectives, Contemporary Chinese Political Thought is the most up-to-date examination in English of modern Chinese political attitudes and discourse. Contents Preface Introduction • Fred Dallmayr Part 1. Contemporary Issues and Debates 1. Ideological Conflicts in Modern China • Ji Wenshun 2. The Debates in Contemporary Chinese Political Thought • Zhou Lian 3. All-Under-Heaven and Methodological Relationism: An Old Story and New World Peace • Zhao Tingyang 4. Debating the “Chinese Theory of International Relations”: Toward a New Stage in China’s International Studies • Zhang Feng Part 2. Confucianism and Chinese Politics 5. Contemporary New Confucianism: Background, Varieties, and Significance • Liu Shuxian 6. Modernity and Confucian Political Philosophy in a Globalized World • Chen Ming 7. Four Models of the Relationship between Confucianism and Democracy • He Baogang 8. Confucianism and Democracy: Water and Fire? Water and Oil? or Waterand Fish? • Ni Peimin Part 3. Post-Maoism and the New Left 9. The Dialectic of the Chinese Revolution Revisited: Desublimation and Resublimation in Post-Mao China • Ci Jiwei 10. China’s Future: Suggestions from Petty Bourgeois Socialist Theories and Some Chinese Practices • Cui Zhiyuan 11. Taking the China Model Seriously: One-Party Constitutionalism and Economic Development • Frank Fang 12. Why Is State Effectiveness Essential for Democracy? Asian Examples • Wang Shaoguang 13. The Legitimacy of Proletarian Political Practice: On Marxist Political Philosophy • Cheng Guangyun List of Contributors Index