Chinese Perspective on Harmony: An Evaluation of the Harmony And the Peace Paradigms. (English)

Harmony and peace represent two different cultural paradigms of thinking, with the former from Chinese culture and the latter from the modern Western culture. The peace paradigm of thinking has been dysfunctional due to its lack of rich intellectual resources for peace. The harmony paradigm, with its long history and rich intellectual resources, specializes in harmonizing diversity and could be very useful in transforming the conflict-ridden global society into a harmonious world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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