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This book argues that Western studies of East-Asian politics are generally flawed due to their adherence to the premise that liberal democracy is the best form of governance.
List of contents
Part 1: Before We Go to War with China and North Korea 1.
heir Hearts and Minds: The Challenge to Our Students, Researchers, Journalists and Policymakers of Making Sense of Confucian Revolution 2. Conceptualising Confucian Revolution: What
This Multidisciplinary Researcher Has Made of the Political Science, History and Philosophy of Regime Change
Part 2: The European Discovery of Confucian Revolution 3. The Dagger and the Quest: How the Moral Grammar of Confucian Revolution Has Eluded Us from Pearl Harbour to the Rebirth of Chinese Greatness 4. Sailing Out: Machiavelli and the European Discovery of Confucian Revolution 5. The Horizon of Discovery: Confucianism and Regime Change in East Asia 6. Discovering Confucian Revolution: A New Schema of Interpretation 7. Hanoi, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong: Confucian Tipping Points and the Release of the Iron Door 8. Moral Grammar: The Ideas That Shape Confucian Revolution 9. How Ancient China Transformed East Asia: The Confucian Revolution Thesis and Paradigm Innovation in Western Political Science, History and Philosophy 10. When the Wind Blows: Confucian Revolution and Hybrid Politics in Korea and Vietnam 11. Hybrid Politics in Modern Japan: How Confucian Revolution Trumps Ultra-nationalism in Japanese Literature 12. Four Western Intellectuals and Confucian Revolution from the End of the French Mandate over Indochina to the Fall of Saigon: Paul Mus, Graham Greene, Edward W. Said and Michael Connelly
Part 3: The Cardiff-Bordeaux Interpretation 13. That Other Columbus: A Celtic Quest Completes Machiavelli's Unfinished Voyage
About the author
David Williams is an independent scholar who has previously taught at Oxford, Sheffield and Cardiff Universities. He contributed for many years to the opinion section of the
Los Angeles Times and was an editorial writer for
The Japan Times for 12 years. His recent publications include
The Philosophy of Japanese Wartime Resistance (2014) and
Before We Go to War with China and North Korea (2017).
Summary
This book argues that Western studies of East-Asian politics are generally flawed due to their adherence to the premise that liberal democracy is the best form of governance.
