Upright: Zheng 正 and the Semantics of Political Legitimacy
Philosophy & Social Criticism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on July 22, 2026
Abstract
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This article examines the semantic structure of the left-right political binary in contemporary Anglophone discourse. It argues that the fusion of “right” as directional orientation with “right” as moral correctness produces a form of semantic over-...
This article examines the semantic structure of the left-right political binary in contemporary Anglophone discourse. It argues that the fusion of “right” as directional orientation with “right” as moral correctness produces a form of semantic over-...