China in Early Enlightenment Political Thought

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Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page ......Page 4 Copyright Page ......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 1. Introduction......Page 10 Political thought and the non-western world......Page 13 Redefining and defending the Enlightenment......Page 15 Overview......Page 18 References......Page 22 2. The Jesuits: A swinging door......Page 24 The Jesuits in late Ming and early Qing China......Page 25 The Lord in Heaven and the Son of Heaven......Page 31 Kangxi over Confucianism......Page 39 A Jesuit swansong......Page 43 Notes......Page 47 References......Page 48 Bayle as political thinker......Page 50 Bayle as historical and cross-cultural sceptic......Page 54 Jesuitical imperialism......Page 58 The tolerant emperor......Page 61 Chinese atheism......Page 66 Rational absolutism......Page 76 Notes......Page 83 References......Page 84 Leibniz and cultural exchange......Page 88 The project to invade Egypt......Page 95 Shaping the Jesuit mission......Page 98 Chinese natural theology......Page 101 Chinese justice......Page 119 Universal justice......Page 132 Notes......Page 137 References......Page 140 5. Montesquieu and Chinese despotism......Page 143 Montesquieu as interpreter of China......Page 144 Cultural diversity and the spirit of the laws......Page 149 Asian despotism......Page 154 Chinese absolutism......Page 163 Despotic enfeeblement......Page 170 Natural conditions......Page 181 A despotic religion of manners......Page 193 Notes......Page 204 References......Page 205 Conclusion: The early European Enlightenment in Chinese political thought......Page 209 References......Page 218 Index......Page 220