Author: Pillai, Padmanabh Vijai
Title: Perspectives on Power: India & China. An Analysis of Attitudes Towards Political Power ...between c. 7th & 2nd Centuries B.C.
Description: Columbia/ New Delhi, South Asia Books, 1977. orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xvi, 230 pp. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: The Regnum Delimited: The Archetypal Syzygy; The King in the Dharmasutras; Realpolitik in Fact & Theory: The Historical Context of the Arthasastra Literature; The Kautiliya Arthasastra - An Attempt as Regnal Autonomy?; Heterodoxy & the Primacy of the Regnum: The Kastra in Early Indian Buddhism; Asoka & the Universalization of Values; ; Manu & the Regnum; Hierarchy & Emulation: Confucius; The Confucius Perspective: Mencius & Hsun-tzu; ; Political Power & the Taoist Way; Mo Ti & Transcendental Utilitarianism; The Logic of Power: The Political Context of Legalism; Legalist Theory; Conclusion.

Keywords: Political Philosophy, Comparative, Ancient India, China, Power, , , ,