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Lost Soul: “Confucianism” in Contemporary Chinese Academic Discourse

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Description for Lost Soul: “Confucianism” in Contemporary Chinese Academic Discourse Hardback. Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in ruxue - "Confucianism" - variously conceived as a form of culture, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative values. This study intends to examine the relationship between these activities and cultural nationalism. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 720.

Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a sustained resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in ruxue—“Confucianism”—variously conceived as a form of culture, an ideology, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative values. This discourse has led to a proliferation of contending conceptions of ruxue, as well as proposals for rejuvenating it to make it a vital cultural and psycho-spiritual resource in the modern world.

This study aims to show how ruxue has been conceived in order to assess the achievements of this enterprise; to identify which aspects of ru thought and values academics find ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Number of Pages
425
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674028111
SKU
V9780674028111
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About John Makeham
John Makeham is Reader in Chinese Studies at The Australian National University.

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