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Tables of Contents for The Democracy of the Dead
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION: A VIEW FROM THE WEST
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20
1. Romanticism, Pragmatism, and Cultural Difference
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6
2. Modernization, Globalization, and Ethnocentricity
7
3
3. The Argument and Three Fallacies
10
11
PART 1: Identifying China
21
40
CHAPTER 1. THE `MYTH' OF HAN IDENTITY
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14
1. Myth and Cultural Narrative
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2
2. The People of the Han
25
12
CHAPTER 2. CHALLENGES TO THE MYTH OF THE HAN
37
24
1. Waking Up to Diversity
37
2
2. China versus the World
39
5
3. Internal Tensions
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15
4. The Future of Han China
59
2
PART 2: China and Modernization
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38
CHAPTER 3. `MODERNITY' AS A WESTERN INVENTION
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17
1. Politics, Economics, and Culture
63
2
2. Meanings of Modernity
65
12
3. Modernity in Crisis
77
3
CHAPTER 4. ACCOMMODATING MODERNITY
80
19
1. Modes of Accommodation
81
8
2. Westernization and Easternization
89
10
PART 3: The Cultures of Democracy
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64
CHAPTER 5. THE IRRELEVANCE OF RIGHTS-BASED LIBERALISM
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17
1. Rights-Based Liberalism
102
3
2. The Rights-Bearing Individual
105
4
3. The Status and Content of Rights
109
5
4. Liberty, Autonomy, Equality
114
4
CHAPTER 6. JOHN DEWEY'S DEMOCRACY
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23
1. The Contingency of Democracy
119
4
2. A Communicating Community
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3
3. The Democratic Individual
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6
4. Tradition, Intelligence, and Education
132
7
5. Dewey and Rights-Based Liberalism
139
2
CHAPTER 7. CONFUCIANISM AND PRAGMATISM
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22
1. Dewey in China
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3
2. Shared Marginality
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6
3. Some Commonalities
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13
PART 4: The Democracy of the Dead
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77
CHAPTER 8. CONFUCIAN DEMOCRACY: A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?
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23
1. Dynamics of Democratization
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2
2. Classical Sources of Democracy in China
168
6
3. Dewey and Confucius on Community
174
14
CHAPTER 9. THE CHINESE INDIVIDUAL
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16
1. Classical Roots of the Communal Person
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3
2. The Individual and Social Harmony
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4
3. The Focus/Field Model of Persons
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7
CHAPTER 10. THE ROLE OF RITUAL IN A COMMUNICATING COMMUNITY
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17
1. The Aesthetic Organization of Community
204
4
2. Neither Individualism nor Collectivism
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6
3. Law, Constitution, and Community
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7
CHAPTER 11. COMMUNAL SOURCES OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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1. Rights or Rites?
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4
2. China on Human Rights in America
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5
3. Human Rights in a Communitarian Context
230
5
4. A New Discourse
235
5
NOTES
240
12
WORKS CITED
252
9
INDEX
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