The Confucian Mix: A Supplement to Weber’s The Religion of China

China has always served Western thinkers as a lens through which to project convenient contrasts and exemplars for their self-aggrandizement and self-realization. Weber’s treatment in The Religion of China is no exception. Weber’s purpose in this text is to demonstrate the exclusive provision in Eur...

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Main Author: Barbalet, Jack M. 1946- (Author)
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Published: Univ. Libre de Bruxelles [2016]
In: Revue internationale de philosophie
Year: 2016, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-192
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