Confucianism vs. Modernity: Expired, Incompatible or Remedial?

Asian Studies

Geir SIGURÐSSON¹ 

[1] University of Iceland;

关键词: Confucianism;    modernization;    capitalism;    consumerism;   

DOI  :  10.4312/as.2014.2.1.21-38

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper is an exploration of the reappraisal that has been taking place since the 1980s of Confucianism’s suitability for a modernized society. The first section focuses in particular on the discussion that took place in Singapore on Confucianism as a stimulant for economic activity, arguing that it was first and foremost a politically motivated attempt to establish Confucianism as a convenient ideology. I then move to a discussion of recent attempts to rehabilitate Confucianism in the PRC. In the final section, I suggest how Confucianism can be a healthy antidote to some of the ills produced by contemporary capitalist practice.

【 授权许可】

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