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China's Legalists: The Early Totalitarians: The Early Totalitarians
Contributor(s): Fu, Zhengyuan (Author)

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ISBN: 1563247801     ISBN-13: 9781563247804
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $52.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1996
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Eastern
- History | Asia - China
Dewey: 321.601
LCCN: 95-52835
Age Level: 18
Grade Level: 13
Lexile Measure: 1330(Not Available)
Series: New Studies in Asian Culture
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.99" W x 8.9" L (0.71 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Chinese
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
This text discusses the Chinese Legalists, an ancient school of Chinese philosophy which flourished during the Period of the Hundred Contending Schools (6th-3rd century B.C.E.) The school perfected the science of government and art of statecraft to a level that would have greatly impressed Machiavelli. This period and its personalities, as well as a taste of the style and spirit of the Legalists' discourse, are made accessible to the student and general reader, placing into focus the roots of the great Chinese philosophy-as-statecraft tradition. The Legalists - most famously Li Kui, Shang Yang, Shen Buhai, Shen Dao, and Han Fei - had a great impact not only on the institutions and practices of Chinese imperial tradition but also on the Maoist totalitarianism of the People's Republic of China.
 
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