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Chapter five. Servants of the Self and Empire

Institutionally Controlled Individualism at the Dawn of a New Era
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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
Individualism in Early China
This chapter is in the book Individualism in Early China
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824860677-008

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
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