The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism Is the Confucian tradition compatible with the Western understanding of human rights? Are there fundamental human values, regardless of cultural differences, common to all peoples of all nations? At this critical point in Communist China's history, eighteen distinguished scholars address the role of Confucianism in dealing with questions of universal human rights. |
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 | The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism Joseph Childers Limited preview - 1995 |
 | The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism Joseph Childers No preview available - 1995 |
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References to this book
 | Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age Emory Elliott,Lou Freitas Caton,Jeffrey Rhyne Limited preview - 2002 |
 | International Handbook of Literacy and Technology: Vol. 2 Michael C. McKenna No preview available - 2006 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism Literature Online - Literature Online Reference Works Literature Online Reference Edition |
| Authors | Joseph W. Childers, Joseph Childers, Gary Hentzi |
| Editors | Joseph W. Childers, Joseph Childers, Gary Hentzi |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0231072422, 9780231072427 |
| Length | 362 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Reference Reference / Dictionaries |
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