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Confucianism Innovation In The Era Of Globalization

Posted on:2004-06-30Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:C X WeiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360185478795Subject:Chinese classical literature
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In the globallism and nationalism times, how to push forward and modernize the Confucianism is Du Weiming's chief question. He think Confucianism must to distinguish between the defect and virtue of Confucianism, so he agree to the intellectuals of the May 4th period respectively discarded the dross and selected the essence of traditional civilization especially Confucianism.The Enlightenment achieves many general values such as science, democracy and laws, but it also bring many problem , so reconsider about the Enlightenment mentality become the main trend in western country. As a backword nation, Du Weiming think we must absorb the value such as science and democracy which was product by the enlightenment mentality, but at the same time ,wu must face the question it is bringing. So Du Weiming excavating the Contemporary Signnificance of Confucianism' humane spirit, imagine the global ethics.How to get rid of the Europe and America centralism, which is bringing with the Enlightenment mentality. Du Weiming think Confucianism which was the important part of the world cultura in the past time , can also put forward a rationalization proposal in this society. In the influence of Confucianism , the industrialization East Asia's have a fast development in recent years ,which can give a example for the world, and it also show that Confucianism can push forword the society development, and not drag the society development only which people view in past time.After the prosperity of the western industrial civilization, the natural ecology was seriously destroyed as the result of the imbalance between human and nature. Facing this question, Du Weiming think the integration of human and nature thougth of Confucianism can provide us a new view when we face the human and nature, that is to say, we should combine systematically the remaking of nature with the protection of ecology. So Du Weiming excavating the religion thougth of Confucianism such as "sincere" "benevolence" and "etiquette". Not like senior Contemporary Confucianism, Du Weiming give up the thougth of constructing universal religion in the basis of Confucianism, but to exchange with Christianity,Islamism and so on of the world.
Keywords/Search Tags:Globalization
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