Confucianism has influenced Chinese societies for more than
2,000 years, and such influence is likely to continue in the
future. However, during the preceding centuries, the nature of what
was understood to be Confucianism has changed, and this process
will also continue. Today, the scholarly tradition is adapting both
to the modernization of Chinese societies--mainland China,
Singapore, and Taiwan--and to the emergence of global society.
Tamney and Chiang focus on current social changes, their
implications for the Chinese scholarly tradition, and the responses
of Confucianists to these changes. Special topics include the
response of Confucian scholars to the democracy movement, how
politicians are using Confucian beliefs and values, the role of the
scholarly tradition in contemporary Chinese popular culture, the
challenges to Confucianism resulting from the changing role of
women, and how competition with world religions is affecting the
scholarly tradition. Throughout the book two themes are explored:
the division of Confucianism into traditionalist and modernist
forms and the nature of ideological convergence in the contemporary
world. Scholars, students, and researchers interested in the ways
Confucianism is becoming more similar to Western beliefs and values
and in the ways Confucianism is likely to remain distinctive will
find the volume invaluable.
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