The Religion of China: Confucianism and TaoismCompares and contrasts the social and economic development of Chinese and Western societies and demonstrates the way in which Confucian and Taoist religious values inhibited the development of a capitalist economy in China. Bibliogs |
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Contents
City Prince and God | 3 |
The Charismatic and Pontifical Position of the Central | 30 |
Administration and Rural Structure | 63 |
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| Title | The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism Social theory |
| Author | Max Weber |
| Editor | Hans Heinrich Gerth |
| Translated by | Hans Heinrich Gerth |
| Contributors | Hans Heinrich Gerth, C.K. Yang |
| Publisher | Free Press, 1951 |
| Length | 308 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General |
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