David Elstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 484123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Elstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Elstein |
| SIGNATURE | ELSTEIN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY New Paltz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5691-4931 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Chinese Liberal Spirit
Chapter 11 The Ruist Distinction between Cultivating Oneself and Governing Others and Its Significance
Confucian free expression and the threat of disinformation
At present, there is a wide divergence in attitudes toward free speech in countries strongly influenced by Confucianism. Japan, Korea, and Taiwan have fairly robust rights of free expression. Mainland China does not, strongly restricting speech that the government judges threatens State interests. I argue that although traditional Confucian scholars supported many restrictions on expression, Confucian philosophers actually have good reason to wan…
Confucian reflective commitment and free expression
As Confucian political thought is adapted to modern circumstances, the question of free expression merits more attention. Most contemporary Confucian political theorists accept a right to political free expression, but this is hard to reconcile with traditional Confucian sources which mainly argue for the need to limit expression in various ways. Through a comparison with John Stuart Mill’s classic account, I make a case that although Confucianis…
Democracy in Contemporary Confucian Philosophy
This book examines democracy in recent Chinese-language philosophical work. It focuses on Confucian-inspired political thought in the Chinese intellectual world from after the communist revolution in China until today. The volume analyzes six significant contemporary Confucian philosophers in China and Taiwan, describing their political thought and how they connect their thought to Confucian tradition, and critiques their political proposals and …
Beyond the Five Relationships
The Five Relationships are commonly held to be fundamental to Confucian thought and, according to some scholars, constitute the basis of all human relationships. This essay examines how the ruler-minister relationship served as a site over a debate about the political importance of virtue in early Chinese philosophy. Some early texts, including the Confucian texts Mengzi and Xunzi , argue that virtue confers a different status that rulers should …
Mou Zongsan's New Confucian democracy
Han Feizi’s Thought and Republicanism
Why Early Confucianism Cannot Generate Democracy
The Authority of the Master in the Analects
This article takes issue with the stereotype of "Confucianism" as authoritarian, a view common in discussions of modern China as well as in scholarship on early China. By studying the roles of master and students and the relationship between them in the Analects , it attempts to show that according to this text the master did not occupy a position of complete dominance over the student. Masters are not generally considered to be like fathers, and…
Smoking and the media
Confucian reflective commitment and free expression
As Confucian political thought is adapted to modern circumstances, the question of free expression merits more attention. Most contemporary Confucian political theorists accept a right to political free expression, but this is hard to reconcile with traditional Confucian sources which mainly argue for the need to limit expression in various ways. Through a comparison with John Stuart Mill’s classic account, I make a case that although Confucianis…
Confucian free expression and the threat of disinformation
At present, there is a wide divergence in attitudes toward free speech in countries strongly influenced by Confucianism. Japan, Korea, and Taiwan have fairly robust rights of free expression. Mainland China does not, strongly restricting speech that the government judges threatens State interests. I argue that although traditional Confucian scholars supported many restrictions on expression, Confucian philosophers actually have good reason to wan…
Smoking and the media
The Authority of the Master in the Analects
This article takes issue with the stereotype of "Confucianism" as authoritarian, a view common in discussions of modern China as well as in scholarship on early China. By studying the roles of master and students and the relationship between them in the Analects , it attempts to show that according to this text the master did not occupy a position of complete dominance over the student. Masters are not generally considered to be like fathers, and…
Why Early Confucianism Cannot Generate Democracy
Han Feizi’s Thought and Republicanism
Beyond the Five Relationships
The Five Relationships are commonly held to be fundamental to Confucian thought and, according to some scholars, constitute the basis of all human relationships. This essay examines how the ruler-minister relationship served as a site over a debate about the political importance of virtue in early Chinese philosophy. Some early texts, including the Confucian texts Mengzi and Xunzi , argue that virtue confers a different status that rulers should …
Mou Zongsan's New Confucian democracy
Democracy in Contemporary Confucian Philosophy
This book examines democracy in recent Chinese-language philosophical work. It focuses on Confucian-inspired political thought in the Chinese intellectual world from after the communist revolution in China until today. The volume analyzes six significant contemporary Confucian philosophers in China and Taiwan, describing their political thought and how they connect their thought to Confucian tradition, and critiques their political proposals and …
Confucian reflective commitment and free expression
As Confucian political thought is adapted to modern circumstances, the question of free expression merits more attention. Most contemporary Confucian political theorists accept a right to political free expression, but this is hard to reconcile with traditional Confucian sources which mainly argue for the need to limit expression in various ways. Through a comparison with John Stuart Mill’s classic account, I make a case that although Confucianis…
The Chinese Liberal Spirit
Chapter 11 The Ruist Distinction between Cultivating Oneself and Governing Others and Its Significance
Confucian free expression and the threat of disinformation
At present, there is a wide divergence in attitudes toward free speech in countries strongly influenced by Confucianism. Japan, Korea, and Taiwan have fairly robust rights of free expression. Mainland China does not, strongly restricting speech that the government judges threatens State interests. I argue that although traditional Confucian scholars supported many restrictions on expression, Confucian philosophers actually have good reason to wan…
Philosophy (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Democracy (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · China (5 works) · Chinese philosophy (3 works)