HUANG Zongxi as a Republican: A Theory of Governance for Confucian Democracy

被引:4
作者
Chan, Elton [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale NUS Coll, Social Sci Div, 10 Coll Ave West,01-101, Singapore 138609, Singapore
来源
DAO-A JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY | 2018年 / 17卷 / 02期
关键词
Confucianism; Republicanism; Waiting for the Dawn; HUANG Zongxi; Democracy; Constitutionalism;
D O I
10.1007/s11712-018-9601-2
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Confucianism has been historically intertwined with authoritarianism in general and monarchy in specific. Various contemporary attempts to reconcile Confucianism with democracy have yielded controversial results mostly due to the theoretical tension between the authoritarian character of the former and the liberal one of the latter. This article seeks to develop an alternative route to Confucian democracy by drawing from Huang Zongxi's Waiting for the Dawn: A Plan for the Prince (Mingyi Daifang Lu). In this well-known work, Huang argues for a form of limited government that is built upon laws, political protection of academic freedom, good institutional designs, and separation of governmental powers. While these features seem to qualify Huang only as a defective liberal, this article argues that they are in much coherence with the insights of republicanism concerning good governance. This article will argue that the republican themes embodied in Waiting for the Dawn can justify and support a particular form of Confucian republican democracy.
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页码:203 / 218
页数:16
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