Azian Pacific Governments in Transition; Political/Economy Development and the Influence of Culture and Ideology

THE IMPACT OF CONFUCIAN PRINCIPLES TO MARXIST DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA

INTRODUCTION

Not ideas , but material and ideal interests , directly govern men 's conduct . Yet very frequently 'ideas " have , like switchmen determined the tracks along which action has been pushed by the dynamic of interest (Nylan 1996 :1

Ideological reorientation in China commenced in the late 1970s with a cultural revolution down to a political shift in party politics . The demise or promotion of Confucianism has been argued as a factor for the development of China , for instance the collapse of the

Eastern Han rule as been declared as the cause of the failure of Confucian ethics , the other side exalts the Confucian ethics as a predecessor to the Marxian ethics which has shaped the Chinese polity paving way for a revolution The promotion of the basic ethics of Confucianism in China would be assessed , the ethics of Hsiao and Jang (filial piety and renunciation

The therefore seeks to analyse the contribution of the Confucian doctrine to the political development of China . The relationship between the culture as a single unit of analysis and the interaction of the State with the individual , the Marxian doctrine as it affects the Confucian doctrine . The interpretation of these basic pillars of the Confucian ethics , its interpretation in the social and political circle the effect it had on families , the interpretation of Hsiao and Jang in public circles and effect on political parties would demystify the mystery surrounding the move from Communist ideology to...