Author: Jensen, Lionel M.

Manufacturing Confucianism : Chinese traditions & universal civilization
Date1997
Publish_locationDurham, NC
PublisherDuke University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [R9]
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberBL1852.J45 1997
Descriptionxv, 444 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
NoteManufacturing Confucianism : Chinese traditions & universal civilization / Lionel M. Jensen.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-420) and index.

Introduction: Confucius, Kongzi and the modern imagination.
Part One. The Manufacture of Confucius and Confucianism:
The Jesuits, Confucius, and the Chinese -- There and back again: the Jesuits and their texts in China and Europe -- Interlude: the meaning and end of Confucianism: a meditation on conceptual dependence.
Part Two. Making sense of Ru and making up Kongzi:
Ancient texts, modern narratives: nationalism, archaism, and the reinvention of Ru -- Particular is universal: Hu Shi, Ru, and the Chinese transcendence of nationalism.
Epilogue: At century’s end: ecumenical nativism and the economy of delight.

SubjectConfucianism Confucianism--Relations--Christianity--17th-18th century Confucianism--China--Religious aspects--Jesuit interpretations Philosophy, Chinese--Jesuit perspectives Philosophy, Confucian China--Civilization--Western influences Ricci, Matteo 利瑪竇, 1552-1610--Views on Confucianism Confucianism--China--History of doctrines Christianity and other religions--Confucianism
ISBN0822320479
LCCN97-29986