The Confucian Political Imagination
This book critically examines the Confucian political imagination and its influence on the contemporary Chinese dream of a powerful China. It views Confucianism as the ideological supplement to a powerful state that is challenging Western hegemony,
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The Confucian Political Imagination
Eske J. Møllgaard
The Confucian Political Imagination
Eske J. Møllgaard University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-74898-6 ISBN 978-3-319-74899-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74899-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018931404 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Renaud Visage / Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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丘也與女,皆夢也;予謂女夢,亦夢也。 (Confucius and you are both dreaming. And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming too). Zhuangzi
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Preface
I learned most of what I know about Confucianism from Tu Weiming 杜維明. When I studied with Tu, he was already one of the most important voices in globalized Confucianism. He was on a mission and worked tirelessly for the cause, but he was never opinionated or dogmatic, never self-important or insistent. In his own conduct Tu embodied Confucian virtues—virtues that are often hard to find in the Western academy. In Tu’s seminars on the Confucian Masters we approached the text with the reverence appropriate for greeting an important guest coming to your home. In greeting the guest you do not immediately pose philosophical questions but rather make sure she is comfortably settled. I was a bit impatient with this ritual of greeting, for I was also a student of Western philosophy and saw all kinds of interesting philosophical questions arise in the sayings of the Chinese Masters. At the time American scholars began to find Confucianism interesting philosophically, and Tu was happy, of course, that Westerners took an i
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