Rise of Confucian Citizens in China - Theoretical Reflections and Empirical Explorations

This book explores the relationship between Confucianism and citizenship and the rise of Confucian citizens in contemporary China.

List of contents

Introduction: Chinese citizenship, Confucianism, and the Confucian education revival Part 1: Confucianism and Citizenship revisited: Theoretical Reflections 1. Confucianism and Citizenship: A Review of Opposing Conceptualizations 2. Civic Politics and Moral Cultivation: Comparing Confucian Junzi with Modern Citizens 3. Towards the Junzi-Style Citizen: Moralizing Citizens Through Confucianism Part 2: Cultivating the Confucian Citizen: Empirical Explorations 4. Confucian Identity, Rights, Righteousness, and Acts of Citizenship: Examining Civic Elements in Confucian Activists' Engagement in Dujing (Classics Reading) Education 5. Discursive, Practical, and Institutional Paradoxes: Cultivating Students to Become Confucian Cultural Citizens Through Reading the Classics 6. Between Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: Educating the Cosmopolitan Citizen in Confucian Education

About the author

Canglong Wang is a Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Hull. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh in 2019. His research extensively explores the cultural, social, and political implications of the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China. He has a persistent research interest in the topic of Confucianism and citizenship in China. His work has appeared in many leading journals and edited volumes. He is the author of Cultivating the Confucian Individual: The Confucian Education Revival in China (2023). He can be contacted via email at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Summary

This book explores the relationship between Confucianism and citizenship and the rise of Confucian citizens in contemporary China.

Product details

• Authors: Canglong Wang, Wang Canglong
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032380940
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238094-0
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, RELIGION / Confucianism, Religion: general, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social issues & processes, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Social and ethical issues, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Confucianism