Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
5-2021
Abstract
This commentary welcomes the opportunity of a dialogue on the development of a Confucian geopolitics that offers an alternative to the prevailing dominant geopolitical theories. Three areas are discussed to further development of such an alternative. The first is the challenges (and not only the opportunities) of recovering Confucian values to inform foreign policy and international relations. The second is the appropriation of Confucian philosophy to legitimize state action, and how this is actually playing out in present-day China. The third is the slippage between narrative and practice – that is, how a narrative of Confucian geopolitics is translated in practice and how practice is or is not reflected in the narrative.
Keywords
alternative geopolitics, appropriation, Confucian geopolitics, legitimization, narrative, practice
Discipline
Chinese Studies | Human Geography | Political Science
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Dialogues in Human Geography
Volume
11
Issue
2
First Page
253
Last Page
256
ISSN
2043-8206
Identifier
10.1177/20438206211017771
Publisher
SAGE
Embargo Period
8-22-2021
Citation
Kong, Lily.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step: Towards a Confucian geopolitics. (2021). Dialogues in Human Geography. 11, (2), 253-256.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research_all/28
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206211017771