China's legalists : the earliest totalitarians and their art of ruling /

Fu, Zhengyuan.

China's legalists : the earliest totalitarians and their art of ruling / Zhengyuan Fu. - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1996. - x, 177 p. ; 24 cm. - New studies in Asian culture . - New studies in Asian culture. .

"An East gate book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

Introduction -- The Legalist School -- The Primacy of Power -- Law as the Penal Tool of the Ruler -- Statecraft -- The Impact of the Legalists on the Imperial State -- The Congruence of Legalist Tenets and Orthodox Marxism-Leninism -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Political science--History.--China
Legalisten
Politik
Geschichte.


China--Politics and government--To 221 B.C.

JA84.C6 / F776 1996

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