What and whose Confucianism? Sinophone communities and dialogical geopolitics

Author

Quan GAO, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Justin K. H. TSE, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Orlando WOODS, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

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

Ethics and Political Philosophy

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Dialogues in Human Geography

First Page

1

Last Page

4

ISSN

2043-8206

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. 1-4.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research_all/25

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