Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2010
Abstract
Is Confucianism democratic or antidemocratic? Could Confucianism anddemocracy at least coexist in a society? Could there be more than coexistence:positive mutual transformation that brings the two closer or even effects afruitful merger? These are questions of importance beyond the ivory tower.Th ey have consequences for the future of many societies in East Asia, and therelationship between East Asian societies and other societies in a globalizingera. Th is chapter will begin with a brief introduction to the wide and growingrange of literature on the relationship between Confucianism and democracyby highlighting and comparing some major positions. It then advocates aConfucian democracy by reconstructing, in the sense of a transformativeunderstanding that renders past meanings relevant to the future, some keyaspects of Confucianism.
Discipline
Arts and Humanities
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Confucianism in Context
Editor
Chang Wonsuk and Leah Kalmanso
First Page
103
Last Page
120
ISBN
9781438431918
Publisher
State University of New York Press
City or Country
New York
Citation
TAN, Sor-hoon. (2010). Confucianism and democracy. In Confucianism in Context (pp. 103-120). New York: State University of New York Press.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2552
Additional URL
https://www3.nccu.edu.tw/~kangchan/readings/CPP/Tan_SH(2010).pdf