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BOOK REVIEW Public Reason Confucianism: Democratic Perfectionism and Constitutionalism in East Asia. By Sungmoon Kim. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. ix + 276. Hardcover $99.00, ISBN 978-1-107-10622-2. Reviewed by Paul J. D’Ambrosio East China Normal University pauljdambrosio@hotmail.com Sungmoon Kim’s Public Reason Confucianism: Democratic Perfectionism and Constitutionalism in East Asia offers new perspectives and an innovative alternative to one of the most important philosophical and political discussions concerning East Asia today. As in the prequel, Confucian Democracy in East Asia: Theory and Practice (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014), arguments provided by Kim are well researched and engage extensively with major theories in the current debate. In this book, Kim is mainly in dialogue with the works of Daniel Bell, Joseph Chan, Jonathan Quong, John Rawls, and Joseph Raz. Both in terms of the content and structure, Public Reason Confucianism is systematic, neatly organized, tight, and crisp. Striking a tricky balance between summarizing relevant theories and developing his own responses, Kim’s book is generally accessible to non-experts of political thought, while at the same time being mainly geared towards those familiar with this discussion. It is not, however, intended for an audience unfamiliar with Confucianism. The title and
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