Political theory

Humanness, Ego, and Civility: Confucius’ Political Thought in its Modern Form

Confucius has been generally regarded by scholars outside the sinophone sphere as a moral teacher. In this article, I propose a particular theoretical framework (the two-foldness of human nature) to re-present Confucius’ political thought in a modern form. I start my re-presentation from a core phenomenon in political life, and argue that Confucius’ political thought aims to provide a radical alternative to that phenomenon.

What We Talk about When We Talk about Political Theory: Reconsidering Hannah Arendt’s “Method” of Political Thinking and its Critiques of the Rawlsian Method of Political Philosophy Today

This paper reconsiders Hannah Arendt’s “method” of political thinking and its implicated critiques of the Rawlsian methodology of political philosophy today, namely, the reflective equilibrium. By addressing Arendt’s approach to political thinking and comparing it with John Rawls’ counterpart, I argue that inasmuch as thinking cannot be reduced to philosophising, the outcome of thinking is by no means nothing but philosophy, either.

What We Talk about When We Talk about Political Theory: Reconsidering Hannah Arendt’s “Method” of Political Thinking and its Critiques of the Rawlsian Method of Political Philosophy Today

This paper reconsiders Hannah Arendt’s “method” of political thinking and its implicated critiques of the Rawlsian methodology of political philosophy today, namely, the reflective equilibrium. By addressing Arendt’s approach to political thinking and comparing it with John Rawls’ counterpart, I argue that inasmuch as thinking cannot be reduced to philosophising, the outcome of thinking is by no means nothing but philosophy, either.

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