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Making the Political - Founding and Action in the Political Theory of Zhang Shizhao (Paperback)
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Making the Political - Founding and Action in the Political Theory of Zhang Shizhao (Paperback)
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Democratic political theory often sees collective action as the
basis for non-coercive social change, assuming that its terms and
practices are always self-evident and accessible. But what if we
find ourselves in situations where collective action is not
immediately available, or even widely intelligible? This book
examines one of the most intellectually substantive and influential
Chinese thinkers of the early twentieth century, Zhang Shizhao
(1881-1973), who insisted that it is individuals who must 'make the
political' before social movements or self-aware political
communities have materialized. Zhang draws from British liberalism,
democratic theory, and late-Imperial Confucianism to formulate new
roles for effective individual action on personal, social, and
institutional registers. In the process, he offers a vision of
community that turns not on spontaneous consent or convergence on a
shared goal, but on ongoing acts of exemplariness that inaugurate
new, unpredictable contexts for effective personal action.
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