Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics by Sungmoon Kim - 9781108499422

Theorizing Confucian Virtue PoliticsThe Political Philosophy of Mencius and Xunzi\nAuthor(s): Sungmoon Kim\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108499422, 978-1108499422\nSynopsis\nSurprisingly little is known about what ancient Confucian thinkers struggled with in their own social and political contexts and how these struggles contributed to the establishment and further development of classical Confucian political theory. Leading scholar of comparative political theory, Sungmoon Kim offers a systematic philosophical account of the political theories of Mencius and Xunzi, investigating both their agreements and disagreements as the champions of the Confucian Way against the backdrop of the prevailing realpolitik of the late Warring States period. Together, they contributed to the formation of Confucian virtue politics, in which concerns about political order and stability and concerns about moral .