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2013 , Vol. 7 >Issue 3: 333 - 338

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3868/s010-002-013-0019-1

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Confucian Humanism in Perspective

  • Weiming Tu
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  • Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China; Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Published date: 05 Sep 2013

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Abstract

This paper is a synthetic piece based on my attempts to address the significance and importance of Confucian humanism as a spiritual resource for human self-understanding in the 21st century. The relevance of Confucian spirituality to ecological civilization is self-evident, but the Confucian revival in Cultural China is predicated on its ability to transcend instrumental rationality, the Faustian drive to dominate, anthropocentrism, and China-centered mentality. The enabling power that helps an open, pluralistic and self-reflexive cultural identity to emerge will be greatly enhanced if China takes India as an essential reference society.

Key words： Confucian humanism; Confucian spirituality; Confucian revival; cultural identity

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Weiming Tu . Confucian Humanism in Perspective[J]. Frontiers of Literary Studies in China, 2013 , 7(3) : 333 -338 . DOI: 10.3868/s010-002-013-0019-1

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