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Daniel L. Bell and Hahm Chaibong, editors. Confucianism for the Modern World. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xiii, 383 pp. Hardcover $80.00, ISBN 0-521-82100-2. Paperback $33.00, ISBN 0-521-52788-0. Confucianism for the Modern World grew out of the "Confucian democracy" project and contains, in part, papers from a conference at Andong, Korea (pp. xixii). Unfortunately, the editors tell us little about either of these items, not even the conference dates. The volume presents a wide range of courageous efforts to defend the need for Confucianism in the world today. At the start, the editors claim that contributors to the book "argue for feasible and desirable Confucian policies and institutions" (p. i). Their contributions must, therefore, be judged primarily as Confucian prescriptions for the modern world. Readers will find little description of Confucianism as it actually exists today, although there is much good description of Confucian ideas and institutions from premodern East Asia, which contributors often present as the basis for their prescriptions for today's world. For most readers, the main issue will be the extent to which each contributor argues successfully for Confucian policies and institutions that are both feasible and desirable in today's world. In reviewing the
China Review International – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Apr 1, 2008
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