Nobility and Civility: Asian Ideals of Leadership and the Common Good

by William Theodore de Bary and Wm. Theodore de Bary

Book Overview

Globalization has become an inescapable fact of contemporary life. Some leaders, in both the East and the West, believe that human rights are culture-bound and that liberal democracy is essentially Western, inapplicable to the non-Western world. How can civilized life be preserved and issues of human rights and civil society be addressed if the material forces dominating world affairs are allowed to run blindly, uncontrolled by any cross-cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674015576
• ISBN13: 9780674015579
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"