Author : William Theodore DE BARY
Release : 2009-06-30
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 311/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Trouble with Confucianism by : William Theodore DE BARY
Download or read book The Trouble with Confucianism written by William Theodore DE BARY. This book was released on 2009-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia, as well as China, people are asking, What does Confucianism have to offer today? For some, Confucius is still the symbol of a reactionary and repressive past; for others, he is the humanist admired by generations of scholars and thinkers, East and West, for his ethical system and discipline. In the face of such complications, only a scholar of Theodore de Bary's stature could venture broad answers to the question of the significance of Confucianism in today's world.