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On New Confucian School of Modern Times and Post Modernism
Li Xianghai
1998, (9):
31-36,64.
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This is a comparative study of the new Confucian school of modern times and the school of post modernism.The author holds that the former attempts to set up values of life to enable man to live in peace by inspiring benevolence with modern interpretations and establishing modern epistemology. The latter , on the other hand, arguesfrom the antiessence and antibasis point of view that man can never expect to settle down in peace. Sour cesoft hese differences bear remar kable characters of the time when they emerged and the ethical backgr ound from whicht hey have sprung up. The logic of Western cultur elies in a change from freedom to nihility, while the Chinese philosophy treasures a path towards acknowledgement of the human world. Similarities between the two canbe foundout in their claims of harmony between man and the world from the latter, and man being an integral part of naturefrom the former . They both criticize the negative effect of modernness, too. However, these similarities are farfrom enough to prove that the 21st century will be dominated by the Chinese culture. The Chinese philosophy stillfaces along way of maturity with the task of moder nizing its values and, meanwhile, maintaining the good qualit iesof the Chinese nation.
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