Tradition, Modernity, and the Confucian Revival: An Introduction and Literature Review of New Confucian Activism
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Introduction On August 8th, 2008 countless viewers around the globe watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The ceremony included performers representing the disciples of Confucius, chanting quotations from The Analects. The Confucian theme was continued as the performers lifted and lowered individual blocks in a choreographed display. In the end, the blocks formed the Chinese character he (和), or harmony – a central principle of the Confucian tradition. 1 Clearly, Confucianism was one of the central themes of the opening ceremony. As this performance was the most watched opening ceremony in the history of the Olympic games, the CCP sent a calculated message depicting Chinese culture to the globe and to citizens of the PRC. The opening ceremony was certainly an enormous international declaration of CCP interest in Confucianism. Perhaps unbeknownst to many viewers around the world, the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony reflected issues of Chinese cultural identity of great historical import. In fact, the opening ceremony is illustrative of an intellectual movement aimed at rethinking modernity through the Confucian tradition, and re-visioning the Confucian tradition to China's contemporary context – the Confucian revival.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013