Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
5-2021
Abstract
This commentary responds to An et al.’s (2020) article, ‘Towards a Confucian geopolitics’ by re-examining ‘the political’ of Confucianism and its contribution to fostering a cosmopolitan form of Confucian geopolitics. By taking note of the differences within and between Sinophone communities, we discuss the variegated forms of Confucianism, and their various geopolitical implications. In doing so, we call for re-theorising Confucian geopolitics as dialogical geopolitics that challenges the cultural and ideological basis of statist and Sino-centric geopolitics.
Keywords
Confucianism, Sinophone communities, dialogue, Sino-centrism, statism
Discipline
Asian Studies | Ethics and Political Philosophy | Human Geography
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Dialogues in Human Geography
Volume
11
Issue
2
First Page
244
Last Page
247
ISSN
2043-8206
Identifier
10.1177/20438206211017
Publisher
SAGE
Embargo Period
6-16-2021
Citation
GAO, Quan; TSE, Justin K. H.; and WOODS, Orlando.
What and whose Confucianism? Sinophone communities and dialogical geopolitics. (2021). Dialogues in Human Geography. 11, (2), 244-247.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research_all/25
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206211017768