Social experimentation and "popular confucianism": the case of the Lujiang Cultural Education Centre
The multiplicity of initiatives in China today that claim to be inspired by "Confucianism" calls for particular attention to the diversity of their practical application. In this case study, we analyse the formation and workings of a new kind of educational institution: initiated three yea...
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Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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2009
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China perspectives
Année: 2009, Numéro: 4/80, Pages: 67-80 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B China B Institution éducative B Religion B Institution religieuse B Confucianisme B Pratique religieuse B Volksrepublik China Anhui Confucianisme Religiöse Praxis Religiöse Institution École Institution éducative / Ausbildungseinrichtung Religion |
Résumé: | The multiplicity of initiatives in China today that claim to be inspired by "Confucianism" calls for particular attention to the diversity of their practical application. In this case study, we analyse the formation and workings of a new kind of educational institution: initiated three years ago in the town of Tangchi (Anhui) by a Taiwanese Buddhist, but nonetheless strongly influenced by Confucian traditionalism, this "Cultural Education Centre" is inventing, somewhere between political control and moral proselytism, a new form of governmentality that could gain widespread acceptance. (China Perspectives/GIGA) |
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ISSN: | 2070-3449 |
Contient: | In: China perspectives
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