menu
{ "item_title" : "Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China", "item_author" : [" George L. Israel "], "item_description" : "In Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming, George Israel offers an account of this influential Neo-Confucian philosopher's official career and military campaigns. While his contribution to China's intellectual history and the outlines of his political life are well known, the relation between his thought and what he did in his capacity as a Ming official has been given less attention.Prior writing on Wang Yangming has passed judgment on his ideas by either idealizing or condemning him for how he treated those he was assigned to govern. Through a detailed reconstruction of his career in the context of issues of empire, ethnicity, and violence, George Israel demonstrates that the truth lies somewhere in the middle.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/00/428/008/9004280081_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "208.00", "online_price" : "208.00", "our_price" : "208.00", "club_price" : "208.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }
Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China|George L. Israel

Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China : The Political Career of Wang Yangming

local_shippingShip to Me
In Stock.
FREE Shipping for Club Members help

Overview

In Doing Good and Ridding Evil in Ming China: The Political Career of Wang Yangming, George Israel offers an account of this influential Neo-Confucian philosopher's official career and military campaigns. While his contribution to China's intellectual history and the outlines of his political life are well known, the relation between his thought and what he did in his capacity as a Ming official has been given less attention.
Prior writing on Wang Yangming has passed judgment on his ideas by either idealizing or condemning him for how he treated those he was assigned to govern. Through a detailed reconstruction of his career in the context of issues of empire, ethnicity, and violence, George Israel demonstrates that the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

This item is Non-Returnable

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9789004280083
  • ISBN-10: 9004280081
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publish Date: August 2014
  • Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.49 pounds
  • Page Count: 344

Related Categories

You May Also Like...

    1

BAM Customer Reviews