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Titre The National Studies Craze
Auteur Chen Jiaming
Mir@bel Revue China perspectives
Numéro no 2011/1 The National Learning Revival
Rubrique / Thématique
Special feature: The National Learning Revival
Page 22-30
Résumé anglais This article first gives a brief description of the phenomena of the revival of traditional studies and culture (Guoxue Craze) in mainland China, then presents and critiques the controversies that surround them, including questions of what “national studies” are, whether the national studies craze is “artificial heat,” and the emergence of “Confucian fundamentalism” in the national studies craze, etc. It finally offers some reflections on these phenomena, such as the danger of getting bogged down in parochial nationalism; the infeasibility of China relying on Confucian traditional culture to achieve modernisation; and the absurdity of attempts by Confucian fundamentalism to use “Confucianism to solve all of China's problems.”
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