Lost soul : "Confucianism" in contemporary Chinese academic discourse /
"Confucianism" in contemporary Chinese academic discourse
John Makeham.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008.
- xii, 397 p. ; 24 cm.
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monographs ; 64 .
- Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 64. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-391) and index.
"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 study aims to show how ruxue has been conceived in academic discourse in China and Taiwan, in order to assess the achievements of this enterprise; to identify which aspects of ru thought and values academics in Taiwan and China find viable, and why; to highlight the dynamics involved in the ongoing cross-fertilization between academics in China and Taiwan made possible by this shared discourse; and to examine the relationship between these activities and cultural nationalism."--BOOK JACKET.