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Confucianism's Prospects: A Reassessment
Contributor(s): O'Dwyer, Shaun (Author)

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 ISBN: 1438475497     ISBN-13: 9781438475493
Publisher: State University of New York Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Confucianism
- Religion | Ethics
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Dewey: 181.112
LCCN: 2018040415
Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" L (1.05 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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In Confucianism's Prospects, Shaun O'Dwyer offers a rare critical engagement with English language scholarship on Confucianism. Against the background of historical and sociological research into the rapid modernization of East Asian societies, O'Dwyer reviews several key Confucian ethical ideas and proposals for East Asian alternatives to liberal democracy that have emerged from this scholarship. He also puts the following question to Confucian scholars: what prospects do those ideas and proposals have in East Asian societies in which liberal democracy and pluralism are well established, and individualization and declining fertility are impacting deeply upon family life? In making his case, O'Dwyer draws upon the neglected work of Japanese philosophers and intellectuals who were witnesses to Japan's pioneering East Asian modernization, and protagonists in the rise and disastrous wartime fall of its own modernized Confucianism. He contests a sometimes Sinocentric and ahistorical conception of East Asian societies as Confucian societies, while also recognizing that Confucian traditions can contribute importantly to global philosophical dialogue, and to civic and religious life.
 
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