Boston Confucianism - Portable Tradition in the Late-Modern World

Argues that Confucianism can be important to the contemporary, global conversation of philosophy and should not be confined to an East Asian context.
Is it possible to be a Confucian without being East Asian, as so many philosophers have been Platonists without being Greek? Strangely enough, many scholars would answer in the negative, citing the inextricable connection between Confucianism and East Asian culture. Boston Confucianism argues to the contrary, maintaining that Confucianism can be important to the contemporary global conversation of philosophy and should not be confined to an East Asian context. It promotes a multicultural philosophy of culture and makes a contribution to Confucian-Christian dialogue, showing that the relations among the world's great civilizations today is not a "clash," as Samuel Huntington has argued, but an entanglement whose roots are worth sorting and whose contemporary mutual developments are worth promoting.

About the author

Robert Cummings Neville is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Boston University. His many books include Metaphysics of Goodness: Harmony and Form, Beauty and Art, Obligation and Personhood, Flourishing and Civilization, also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Cummings Neville
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2000
• EAN: 9780791447178
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-4717-8
• No. of pages: 294
• Weight: 508 g
• Series: Suny Series, Chinese Philosoph; Suny Series, Chinese Philosoph; Suny Chinese Philosophy and Cu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions