Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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05 Dec 2007
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05 Dec 2007
Abstract
As a social and political thought, communitarian ideas appeared in the Pre-Qin Confucianism. By the Song Dynasty, it had become a systematic theory, namely, the learning of the four books. As a social and political theory, not only can Confucian communitarianism contribute to Western liberalism, but it can also be an intellectual resource for the development of democracy in East Asian countries and regions. The future of the Confucian communitarianism lies in its critique of itself and its discourse with Western liberalism, by which Confucianism evolves from communitarianism into liberalism.
HU Weixi.
On Confucian communitarianism. Front. Philos. China, 2007, 2(4): 475‒487 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-007-0030-2
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