China's Legalists: The Early Totalitarians - The Early Totalitarians

This study focuses on the Legalists, an ancient school of Chinese philosophy, which perfected the science of government and art of statecraft. It gives an insight into the style of the Legalists' discourse and its impact on Chinese institutions and practices.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Legalist School; Chapter 3 The Primacy of Power; Chapter 4 Law as the Penal Tool of the Ruler; Chapter 5 Statecraft; Chapter 6 The Impact of the Legalists on the Imperial State; Chapter 7 The Congruence of Legalist Tenets and Orthodox Marxism-Leninism; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

About the author

Educated at Yenching and Peking Universities, Zhengyuan Fu has taught and done research at the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, the University of Michigan, Stanford University, and the University of California at Irvine. He was named first Trustee Professor of Chapman University in 1994 and is concurrently a Research Fellow at the Asian Studies Center of The Claremont Institute. He is the author of Autocratic Tradition and Chinese Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1993).

Summary

This study focuses on the Legalists, an ancient school of Chinese philosophy, which perfected the science of government and art of statecraft. It gives an insight into the style of the Legalists' discourse and its impact on Chinese institutions and practices.

Product details

• Authors: Zhengyuan Fu
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.1996
• EAN: 9781563247798
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-779-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy