Progressive Confucianism And Its Critics

Download or read book Progressive Confucianism and its Critics written by Stephen C. Angle and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-25 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 2017, US-based Confucian philosopher Stephen C. Angle took part in a series of dialogues with Chinese Confucians in Beijing. The dialogues engage with topics like the relation between Confucianism and modernity; whether Confucianism should be understood as philosophy, religion, or chief ingredient in a distinctively Chinese culture; the status of pivotal modern Confucians like Kang Youwei and Mou Zongsan; and more generally, the prospects for what Angle calls “Progressive Confucianism.” The present book offers translations of those dialogues into English, together with epilogues by the two editors reflecting on what the dialogues tell us about the contemporary prospects for Confucianism.