Half Of The 20th Century Academic Comparative Study Of Confucianism And Democracy

The Confucian study in the United States has over 100 year's history. In thelast half period of 20 centuries, it further becomes oversea Confucianism studycenter. Under the influence of political philosophy revival after the SecondWorld War, the comparative study of Confucianism and democracy becomes thefocus which the American scholars pay attention to. In total speech, theAmerican Academia enter into this problem has two ways, one of that isstandard political or social economical method, another is philosophicaldiscussion. All of these two sides constitute the scholar studies'flourish.The Confucianism study carried by 19 centuries'Emerson and 20 centuries'Max·Webber established the foundation and scale of the United Statesacademia. The discuss which springs up in American academia to the pluralismdemocracy theory since the last half period of 20 centuries, is an importanthistorical condition which lead to the rise of political Confucianism study. Bothof these two sides favored the broad expansion of the American academia'sstudy in a deep theory lay.During the last half period of 20 centuries, American academia begins theirsystemic and all-sided study and discuss on the problem of the relation betweenConfucianism and modern democracy theory. In regard to its scholar studyprocess, we can divide it into three stages: 1. the stage that the research firstsprings up (1950-60 ages). During this period, that's a two division between twofactions. Besides the traditional sinology research, the Harvard School under theleader Mr. Fairbank King grow up rapidly, and dominant the first stage. On thestudy method, they strive to induct social science method, to accomplish thecross subject study. 2. Theory and method innovation stage (1970-80 ages).Since the 1970s, American academia begins their rethinking and animadverts tothe western culture center study paradigm which Harvard School holds; amongthis the most noticeable is the advance and spring up of the "china centerparadigm". 3. Multi-kind study evolution stage (1990). Under the impact ofpost-modern theory, multi-study paradigm has been brought forward in this...