https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Choosing-Confucianism-Departing-from-the-Liberal-Framework https://booksandideas.net/Choosing-Confucianism-Departing-from-the-Liberal-Framework 2012-09-10T09:00:36Z text/html en Émilie Frenkiel Politics Philosophy liberalism China Confucianism Text Interviews <p>Recounting his itinerary from research on Communitarianism to the adoption of Confucian values, political philosopher Daniel A. Bell advocates thinking of cities as representing different social values in the modern world. He also sees meritocracy, which is valued in China nowadays as a potential remedy to the flaws of democratic systems.</p>