Contemporary New Confucianism II

<p>As the second volume of a two-volume seminal work on contemporary New Confucianism in China this book focuses on six leading thinkers of this intellectual movement in the 20th century.</p><p>Contemporary New Confucianism refers to the Confucianism or Confucian thought that has emerged in China since the 1920s which aims to revive the spirituality of Confucianism in a changing society. This volume introduces the philosophical thought of Zhang Junmai Feng Youlan He Lin Fang Dongmei Tang Junyi and Mou Zongsan including Zhang's political philosophy and comparative philosophy Feng's transformation of Chinese philosophy He's idea of culture and spirit-only idealism Fang's comparative philosophy Tang's idea of moral self and theory of human spiritual realms and Mou's new ontology for Confucianism. It analyzes their divergences and the contemporary relevance of their thought in terms of revisiting and transforming traditional Chinese philosophy and reconciling Chinese and Western traditions.</p><p>This title will appeal to scholars and students of modern and contemporary Confucianism intellectual history philosophy and thought of contemporary China and comparative philosophy.</p>