Join us o n Oct 16th 5 PM at C.K. Choi 120 for an intriguing conversation with Profes sor Daniel Bell\, author of the book The Dean of Shandong.
Few Chinese intellectuals and political reformers turned to Confucianism and Co mmunism for political inspiration at the end of the twentieth century. But the traditions have mounted remarkable comebacks in mainland China. What ex plains the return of Confucianism and Communism? And what are the implicati ons for Chinese academia and the political system? Drawing on his new book\ , “The Dean of Shandong\,” (Princeton\, 2023) — “an inside view of Chinese academia and what it reveals about China’s political system” that was recog nized as a Best Summer Book for 2023 by the Financial Times — Daniel A. Bel l will attempt to answer these questions.
About the speaker: Daniel A . Bell (貝淡寧) is Professor\, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of L aw at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Polit ical Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao) fro m 2017 to 2022. His books include “The Dean of Shandong” (2023)\, “Just Hie rarchy” (co-authored with Wang Pei\, 2020)\, “The China Model” (2015)\, “Th e Spirit of Cities” (co-authored with Avner de-Shalit\, 2012)\, “China’s Ne w Confucianism” (2008)\, “Beyond Liberal Democracy” (2007)\, and “East Meet s West” (2000)\, all published by Princeton University Press. He is also th e author of “Communitarianism and Its Critics” (Oxford University Press\, 1 993). He is founding editor of the Princeton-China series (Princeton Univer sity Press) which translates and publishes original and influential academi c works from China. His works have been translated in 23 languages. He has been interviewed in English\, Chinese\, and French. In 2018\, he was awarde d the Huilin Prize and was honored as a “Cultural Leader” by the World Econ omic Forum.
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