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  • The philosophical foundations of Confucianism as the common ideational heritage of East Asia
    Ogrizek, Marko, 1984-
    Marko OGRIZEKThe Philosophical Foundations of Confucianism as the Common Ideational Heritage of East Asia Abstract Confucianism is among the elements that not only connect, but in a way, help define ... the East-Asian cultural sphere. Nevertheless, when approaching the study of Confucianism as such it soon shows itself to be an extremely rich and diverse, and, consequently, a hard to grasp notion that carries many tensions within itself. Confucianism can be seen in the following ways: as a tradition that for two and a half millennia has connected dif-ferent philosophical schools; as the starting point of the civil religion and the political doctrine of Confucianism; as a transmitter of a specific, cultural heritage-based system of values – a system that managed to establish itself within the narrower cultural con-text of China, but also in the wider environment. This article tries to present one of the approaches to the study of Confucianism through the use of comparative philosophy. It tries to present the philosophical foundations of Confucianism and to show an out-line of a unified Confucian ethical teaching, and then to contrast certain main elements of the Confucian tradition in China and Japan and thus the tense relationship between the universal and particular, which the tradition develops. Through such a presentation, both the strengths and weaknesses of seeing Confucianism as a unified philosophical tradition can be evaluated.
    Source: Foundations and futures : East Asian intellectual, political and linguistic landscapes (Str. 11-33)
    Type of material - article, component part ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2025
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 227989251

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