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Approaching Chinese freedom: a study in absolute and relative values
Annäherung an die chinesische Freiheit: eine Studie zu den absoluten und den relativen Werten
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Abstract The rise of stability preservation to dominance in the political order coincided with
a highly charged debate over “universal values” and a closely related discussion of
a “China Model”. This paper analyses the critique of universal values as a “wedge
issue” that is used to pre-... view more
The rise of stability preservation to dominance in the political order coincided with
a highly charged debate over “universal values” and a closely related discussion of
a “China Model”. This paper analyses the critique of universal values as a “wedge
issue” that is used to pre-empt criticism of the party-state by appealing to nationalism
and cultural essentialism. Taking freedom as a case in point of a universal value,
it shows that, while more developed in the West, freedom has an authentic Chinese
history with key watersheds in the late Qing reception of popular sovereignty and
the ending of the Maoist era. The work of Wang Ruoshui, Qin Hui and Xu Jilin display
some of the resources liberals now bring to “de-wedging” universal values, not least
freedom. They share a refusal to regard “Western” values as essentially hostile to
Chinese.... view less
Keywords
freedom; value; China; human rights
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
statism; historicism; Qin Hui; Xu Jilin
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 141-165
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 42 (2013) 2
Issue topic
Preserving stability: process, dimensions and ideological exercise
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works