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Wm. Theodore de Bary

20th–21st Century (1919–2017)

Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919–2017) was a preeminent American sinologist and intellectual historian at Columbia University, where he spent his entire academic career. He is best known for championing Neo-Confucian studies in the West, compiling the influential 'Sources of Chinese Tradition' and 'Sources of Japanese Tradition,' and advocating for a cross-cultural understanding of human rights and liberal education rooted in global traditions.

Modern Academia/Intellectual History

Sources of Chinese Tradition
Sources of Japanese Tradition
The Liberal Tradition in China
Neo-Confucian Orthodoxy and the Learning of the Mind-and-Heart
The Trouble with Confucianism
Asian Values and Human Rights: A Confucian Communitarian Perspective
The Great Civilized Conversation: Education for a World Community
Nobility and Civility: Asian Ideals of Leadership and the Common Good
Confucian Tradition and Global Education

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