Limits to Autocracy. From Sung Neo-Confucianism to a Doctrine of Political Rights.
by WOOD, ALAN T
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Honolulu.: University of Hawai'i Press.. 1995.. Contents, preface, abbreviations, notes, selected bibliography, index, xvi+ 264pp. A good copy though traces of glue are apparent at hinges and upper edge front paste down damaged with a little loss. In a dustjacket. "'In Limits to Autocracy' Wood argues against the prevalent view that neo-Confucianism laid the ideological foundations for the growth of autocracy. Wood argues "that Sung neo-Confucianists did not intend to enhance the power of the emperor but limit it." (Publisher's description). .
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- Title
- Limits to Autocracy. From Sung Neo-Confucianism to a Doctrine of Political Rights.
- Author
- WOOD, ALAN T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0824817036
- ISBN 13
- 9780824817039
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press.
- Place of Publication
- Honolulu.
- Date Published
- 1995.
- Keywords
- China, East Asia, Neo-confucianism, Politics, Religion, Sung Dynasty, zz_Gallery_NewBooks
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