Chapter three. Decentralizing Control and Naturalizing Cosmic Agency

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. Chapter one. Individual Agency and Universal, Centralized Authority in Early Mohist Writings 1
7. Chapter two. Centralizing Control 29
8. Chapter three. Decentralizing Control and Naturalizing Cosmic Agency 54
9. Chapter four. Two Prongs of the Debate 77
10. Chapter five. Servants of the Self and Empire 104
11. Chapter six. Conclusion 121
12. Postscript: A Note on Chinese Individualism, Human Rights, and the Asian Values Debate 131
13. Notes 137
14. Works Cited 189
15. Index 201
16. About the Author 209