TY - JOUR
T1 - Merit, democracy, and the Confucian imagination
T2 - a response to critics
AU - Ziliotti, Elena
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - I am deeply grateful to my commentators for their careful and thoughtful engagement with my book. Their critiques and reflections not only help refine the theory of Meritocratic Democracy but also contribute meaningfully to my own scholarly development. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, I am unable to address every point raised in their detailed and insightful commentaries. I have therefore chosen to focus on the most challenging and pressing questions, in the hope that readers will appreciate the rationale behind this selective response.
AB - I am deeply grateful to my commentators for their careful and thoughtful engagement with my book. Their critiques and reflections not only help refine the theory of Meritocratic Democracy but also contribute meaningfully to my own scholarly development. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, I am unable to address every point raised in their detailed and insightful commentaries. I have therefore chosen to focus on the most challenging and pressing questions, in the hope that readers will appreciate the rationale behind this selective response.
KW - confucian political meritocracy
KW - cross-cultural political theory
KW - democracy’s crisis
KW - Intra-party ethical screening
KW - political leaders
KW - political truth
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105016686569&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13698230.2025.2558331
DO - 10.1080/13698230.2025.2558331
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105016686569
SN - 1369-8230
JO - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
JF - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
ER -