| Number 58 April 2000 |
Twenty-First Century Review
Axial Age Civilizations and Twenty-First Century II
4
The Axial Age in the Perspective of Cultural History
Chang Hao
17
Axial Breakthrough and the Ritual Tradition
Yu Ying-shih
29
On Twenty-First Century Global Civilization: Hopes and Fears
Chen Fong-ching
39
The Rise of the State: Reflections on the Chinese Case
Perry Anderson
China and the World: The Past Century
49
The Evolution of the Concepts of "Parliament", "Democracy" and "Republic"
Fang Wei-gui
62
Reality of the Angang Charter and "Political Correctness"
Gao Hua
Politics and Law
70
An Intercultural Criminal Justice II
Otfried Höffe
Peripatetic Notes
80
On a Fake Tibetan Book of Wisdom
Li Hong-qi
83
Poetry of and for the Individual
Wang Guang-ming
Criticism and Response
87
Confucian Religiosity and Ultimate Concern: A Discussion with Liu Shu-hsien
Chen Jian-hong
From the Scientific World
Research News
94
To Image the Far Side of the Sun
View on the World
95
Imitation, Abstraction, and Simulation
Szeto Lap
Humanities
106
Order and Morals: Habermas on International Human Rights
Xu Ben
114
In Search of Inter-civilizational Human Rights
Onuma Yasuaki
Economics and Society
121
A Study of Pension Reform
Li Qiu-tong
128
Notes on Village Elections
He Bao-gang
Books, Views and Thoughts
138
Opportunity and Predicament: On Was Ist Globalisierung?
Chen Shu-min
Notes and Comments
144
John Rawls: A Theory of Justice (Revised Edition)
Chow Po-chung
147
Guido Knopp: Hitlers Helfer
Liu Hong-bo
150
Wang Guan-quan: Prometheus Bound — A Biography of Chen Du-xiu
Jin Shu-peng
153
Okada Hidehiro: Modern China and Japan
Yang Ji-kai
156
Chen Dong-you: Towards a Maritime Trade Belt
Ni Le-xiong
159
Tripartite Interactions
160
Pictorial Credits
161
From the Editor’s Desk
