The Politics of Affective Relations East Asia and Beyond

by Bell, Daniel A.; Chiahark, Hahm; Bell, Daniel A.; Chaihark, Hahm; Chan, Joseph; Chan, Sin Yee; Fan, Ruiping; Dallmayr, Fred R.; Kim, Sung Ho; Li, Shaomin; Peerenboom, Randall; Tillman, Hoyt Cleveland; Winn, Jane K.; Wong, David B.; Wong, R. Bin; Zhiping,

• ISBN13: 9780739107997
• ISBN10: 0739107992
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-24
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In The Politics of Affective Relations, editors Daniel Bell and Hahm Chaihark refine our understanding of the East Asian conception of the self by examining how that conception was formulated, reproduced, and utilized throughout history. By bringing together a collection of articles authored by experts in a variety of academic disciplines, Bell and Hahm scrutinize how the East Asian emphasis on relationality manifests itself in various real-life settings such as the family, the economy, politics, and the legal system. This volume will provide readers with a broader perspective on and a deeper appreciation for the pervasive nature of relationality in East Asia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: The Politics of Affective Relations in East Asia	1	(16)
Daniel A. Bell and Hahm Chaihark
Part I: Toward a Political Theory of Affective Relations
1 Confucian Perspectives on Pluralism, Gender Equality, and the Family	17	(24)
David B. Wong
2 Confucianism and the Public Sphere: Five Relationships Plus One?	41	(20)
Fred R. Dallmayr
3 Exploring the Nonfamilial in Confucian Political Philosophy	61	(14)
Joseph Chan
4 Is a Confucian Family-Oriented Civil Society Possible?	75	(22)
Ruiping Fan
5 The Personal Is Political: Confucianism and Liberal Feminism	97	(24)
Sin Yee Chan
Part II: Probing the History of Affective Relations
6 Selected Confucian Networks and Values in Society and the Economy	121	(28)
Hoyt Cleveland Tillman
7 The Political Ambiguity of Voluntary Associations: Chinese Forms of Civic Possibility, Past and Present	149	(20)
R. Bin Wong
8 Rethinking Civil Society in China: An Interpretative Approach	169	(32)
Liang Zhiping
9 Democracy in Korea and the Myth of Civil Society	201
Sung Ho Kist
Part III: Locating Affective Relations in Institutional Contexts
10 From Relations to Rules: A Theoretical Explanation and Empirical Evidence	217	(14)
Shaonmin Li
11 Social Networks, Electronic Commerce, and Economic Liberalization in China	231	(18)
Jane K. Winn
12 Social Networks, Civil Society, Democracy, and Rule of Law: A New Conceptual Framework	249	(28)
Randall Peerenboom
13 Negotiating Confucian Civility through Constitutional Discourse	277	(32)
Hahm Chaihark
Index	309	(8)
About the Contributors	317