The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism

Joseph W. Childers & Gary Hentzi

Language: English

Published: May 15, 1995

Description:

Is the Confucian tradition compatible with the Western understanding of human rights? Are there fundamental human values, regardless of cultural differences, common to all peoples of all nations? At this critical point in Communist China's history, eighteen distinguished scholars address the role of Confucianism in dealing with questions of universal human rights.