The Renaissance of Confucianism in Contemporary China / Edition 1

by Ruiping Fan

Overview

A new generation of Confucian scholars is coming of age. China is reawakening to the power and importance of its own culture. This volume provides a unique view of the emerging Confucian vision for China and the world in the 21^st century. Unlike the Neo-Confucians sojourning in North America who recast Confucianism in terms of modern Western values, this new generation of Chinese scholars takes the authentic roots of Confucian thought seriously. This collection of essays offers the first critical exploration in English of the emerging Confucian, non-liberal, non-social-democratic, moral and political vision for China’s future. Inspired by the life and scholarship of Jiang Qing who has emerged as China's exemplar contemporary Confucian, this volume allows the English reader access to a moral and cultural vision that seeks to direct China’s political power, social governance, and moral life. For those working in Chinese studies, this collection provides the first access in English to major debates in China concerning a Confucian reconceptualization of governance, a critical Confucian assessment of feminism, Confucianism functioning again as a religion, and the possibility of a moral vision that can fill the cultural vacuum created by the collapse of Marxism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789400715417
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	06/09/2011
Series:	Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture , #20
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Rise of Authentic Confucianism, Ruiping Fan.-
Part I. The Renaissance of Confucianism.- 1. From Mind Confucianism to Political Confucianism, Jiang Qing.- 2. The Rise of Political Confucianism in Contemporary China, Ruichang Wang.- 3. On “One-Continuity” in Jiang Qing’s Confucian Thought, Dan Lin.- 4. Jiang Qing on Equality, Ruiping Fan.- 5. The Confucian Conception of Transcendence and Filial Piety, Qingxin K. Wang.-
6. Toward a Proper Relation between Men and Women: Beyond Masculinism and   Feminism, Tangjia Wang.- 7. The Soft Power in the Confucian “Kingly Way”, Anthony Yeung.-
Part II. Critiques and Responses.- 8. Jiang Qing’s “Political Confucianism” , Daniel Bell.- 9. Declaration towards a Global Ethic? Jiang Qing’s Response, Jonathan Chan.- 10. Jiang Qing on the Inevitable and Permanent Conflict between the Christian Faith and Confucian Culture, Ping-cheung Lo.- 11. The Characteristics and Prospect of Confucian Academies: A Commentary on Jiang Qing's Ideas on Confucian Academies, Xiuping Hong.- 12. Three Political Confucianisms and Half a Century, Albert H.Y. Chen .- 13. Is Political Confucianism a Universalism? An Analysis of Jiang Qing’s Philosophical Tendency, Xianglong Zhang.-
Part III. A Note on Jiang Qing.- 14. A Confucian Coming of Age,     Erika Yu and Meng Fan.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“The book provides interesting (and to some degree emic) insights into a newly emerged Chinese school of thought which strives to restore Confucianism’s political applicability in the twenty-first century. In short, readers will find here a valuable introduction to a provocative and increasingly important branch of contemporary Confucianism.” (Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 38 (4), December, 2012)

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