Alitto Contemporary Confucianism in Thought and Action

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-662-47750-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 154 Seiten

Reihe: China Academic Library

??This volume focuses on contemporary Confucianism, and collects essays by famous sinologists such as Guy Alitto, John Makeham, Tse-ki Hon and others. The content is divided into three sections - addressing the 'theory' and 'practice' of contemporary Confucianism, as well as how the two relate to each other - to provide readers a more meaningful understanding of contemporary Confucianism and Chinese culture. In 1921, at the height of the New Culture Movement's iconoclastic attack on Confucius, Liang Shuming (???) fatefully predicted that in fact the future world culture would be Confucian. Over the nine decades that followed, Liang's reputation and the fortunes of Confucianism in China rose and fell together. So, readers may be interested in the question whether it is possible that a reconstituted 'Confucianism' might yet become China's spiritual mainstream and a major constituent of world culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alitto, Guy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Chapter 1: Reconstituting Confucianism for the Contemporary World;8
2.1;1.1 What Is Confucianism?;9
2.2;1.2 Confucianism a Religion?;10
2.3;1.3 New Confucianism;11
2.4;1.4 Confucianism and Religion;13
2.5;1.5 Confucianism and Government;14
2.6;1.6 Confucianism and the Natural Environment;14
3;Part I: Confucianism in the Contemporary World of Thought;17
3.1;Chapter 2: Some Historical and Methodological Reflections on Ruxue in Contemporary China;18
3.1.1;2.1 Academic Institutionalization and Ruxue;19
3.1.2;2.2 Master Studies;20
3.1.3;2.3 Whose Confucianism? Which Confucianism?;25
3.1.4;2.4 State Versus Cultivation;27
3.1.5;References;29
3.2;Chapter 3: From Culture to Cultural Nationalism: A Study of New Confucianism of the 1980s and 1990s;32
3.2.1;3.1 Three Intellectual Currents;35
3.2.2;3.2 Three Generations of New Confucians;37
3.2.3;3.3 Confucian Capitalism;41
3.2.4;References;43
3.3;Chapter 4: A Study on Pre-Qin Confucian Scholars’ Environmental Ethics;45
3.3.1;4.1 The “Supreme Virtue of the Creation and Procreation”: Confucian Scholars’ Understanding of Ecosystem in Pre-­Qin China;46
3.3.2;4.2 The Unity of Heaven and Humanity: The Pre-Qin Confucian Scholars’ Philosophical Foundation for Environmental Ethics;50
3.3.3;4.3 Be Benevolent to People and Kind to Creatures: Pre-Qin Confucian Scholars’ Value Judgments in Environmental Ethics;54
3.3.4;4.4 Institutionalizing Li (Rites) and Yue (Music): Pre-Qin Confucian Scholars’ Environmental Protection Strategies;58
3.3.5;References;63
4;Part II: Confucianism in the Contemporary World of Action;65
4.1;Chapter 5: Building a Loho Homeland with Traditional Wisdom;66
4.1.1;5.1 The Loho Homeland Project Revitalized Rural Culture;67
4.1.2;5.2 Loho Homeland Project Rebuilding Rural Society;71
4.1.3;5.3 Loho Homeland Project of Training Rural Social Workers;74
4.1.4;5.4 Loho Homeland Building a Platform for Social Governance;77
4.2;Chapter 6: Modernizing Tradition or Restoring Antiquity as Confucian Alternatives: A View from Reading Wedding Rituals in Contemporary China;82
4.2.1;6.1 Contextual Introduction;82
4.2.2;6.2 Official Blessing of Ceremonial Correctness: The Zhang Wedding;84
4.2.3;6.3 Personal Expression of Cosmic Love: The Lei Wedding;92
4.2.4;6.4 Particular and Equal: The Zhu Wedding;96
4.2.5;6.5 Conclusion;101
4.2.6;References;102
5;Part III: Liang Shuming: Joining the Worlds of Thought and Action;104
5.1;Chapter 7: Liang Shuming: A Lifelong Activist;105
5.2;Chapter 8: Confucianism as the Religion for Our Present Time: The Religious Dimension of Confucianism in Liang Shuming’s Thought;114
5.2.1;8.1 Confucianism in a Pluralistic Setting;115
5.2.1.1;8.1.1 Liang’s Three Cultural Orientations;115
5.2.1.2;8.1.2 Discussion on Pluralism;116
5.2.2;8.2 Confucianism as a Substitute to Conventional Religion;117
5.2.2.1;8.2.1 Like a Religion and Not a Religion;117
5.2.2.2;8.2.2 Discussion on Secularization;119
5.2.3;8.3 The Spirit of Confucian Rituals;121
5.2.3.1;8.3.1 Rituals Without Rituals;121
5.2.3.2;8.3.2 Discussion About Rituals;122
5.2.4;8.4 Confucian Practice in Individual Life;123
5.2.4.1;8.4.1 Liang as Listener of His Inner Self;123
5.2.4.2;8.4.2 Discussion About Spiritual Freedom;125
5.2.5;8.5 Confucian Practice in Communities;126
5.2.5.1;8.5.1 Liang’s Engagement in Rural Communities;126
5.2.5.2;8.5.2 Discussion on the Role of Communities;127
5.2.6;8.6 Conclusion;129
5.2.7;References;129
5.3;Chapter 9: Liang Shuming’s Conception of Democracy;131
5.3.1;9.1 The Influence of Deweyan Thought on Liang Shuming;132
5.3.2;9.2 Liang Shuming’s Understanding of Deweyan Democracy;134
5.3.3;9.3 The Basic Points of Liang’s Confucian Democracy;137
5.3.4;9.4 Hermeneutic Approaches to Liang’s Confucian Democracy;141
5.3.5;9.5 Conclusion;143
5.3.6;References;144
5.4;Chapter 10: Humankind Must Know Itself;145
5.4.1;Reference;154