New Confucianism in twenty-first century China : the construction of a discourse / Jesús Solé-Farràs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solé-Farràs, Jesús.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Routledge contemporary China series ; 108.

Routledge contemporary China series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confucianism--China--21st century.

Confucianism.

China.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 248 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

This book explores how Confucian thought, which was the ideological underpinning of traditional, imperial China, is being developed and refined into a New Confucianism relevant for the twenty-first century. It traces the development of Confucian thought, examines significant new texts, and shows how New Confucianism relates to various spheres of life, how it informs views on key philosophical issues, and how it affects personal conduct. It argues that New Confucianism, unlike its earlier manifestation, is more accommodating of a plurality of ideologies in the world; and that understanding Confucianism and how it is developing is essential for understanding contemporary China. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A discourse construction based on the contemporary intellectual context of Confucianism 9

General intellectual framework of post-Maoist China 10

Resurgence of the Confucianist discourse in the context of contemporary Chinese philosophical and ideological thought 18

Categorization of contemporary Confucianism 28

2 A discourse construction based on the discursive spaces of contemporary Confucianism 50

Religious belief and philosophical thinking: Between Confucianist spirituality and Confucianist rationality 52

Politics and political power: Confucianism in socialism with Chinese characteristics 58

The values of economic development: Confucianist capitalism serving global capitalism 68

Chinese nationalisms: Confucianism, from the core of Chinese civilization to the core of the cultural identity of the Chinese nation 78

3 A discourse construction based on the major contributions to New Confucianism 98

Definition, genesis and evolution of New Confucianism as a concept and as a movement 99

Contributions that constitute the foundations of the New Confucianist discourse in the twentieth century 109

Contributions consolidating the New Confucianist discourse and movement for the twenty-first century 135

4 A discourse construction based on a text of reference: A Manifesto for Chinese Culture 171

Conception, drafting and publication of the Manifesto 172

The philosophical and ideological content of the Manifesto 186

5 The construction of a discourse under multipurpose cooperation 214

Synopsis of the philosophical and ideological principles of New Confucianism 216

The dynamic of multipurpose cooperation 220

The New Confucianist discourse in the equations on twenty-first-century China 228.

Notes:

data base (lecturer in East Asia Studies at the Open University of Catalonia, Spain)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9780415630788

0415630789

OCLC:

847529125

Publisher Number:

99956344376