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The Future of China's Past Reflections on the Meaning of China's Rise.

Addresses the question of China's rise and what it portends for the future.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Welter, Albert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2023.
Series:SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Ser.
Subjects:
China > Civilization > 21st century.
Civilization.
Forecasting.
China.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction China and the East Asian Renaissance, Toward a New World Order
  • Introduction
  • Aim of this Book
  • China and a New World Order?
  • The "China Threat" in Contemporary Discourse
  • Chapter Summaries
  • Chapter One The Return of the Native: The Fall and Rise of Confucius in Modern China
  • New Confucians and the Relevance of Confucius
  • Confucius in Tiananmen: The Return of the Native
  • Xi Jinping's Promotion of Confucianism: Can the "Four Olds" Be Made New Again?
  • Chapter Two Chinese Authoritarianism: The Role of Legalism and Militarism in the Making of Modern China
  • Why Is Confucianism Not Enough?
  • The Dynastic Cycle: The Interplay between Confucianism and Legalism
  • The Dynastic Cycle and Modern China
  • The Legalism of Xi Jinping
  • Chapter Three The Daoist Cycle of Life and the Way of Returning to the Fundamental: Millenarian Prophecy and the Environmental Movement in Contemporary China
  • Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China: How Did Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism Influence Political Rule?
  • The Dao of the Daode jing: "Classic of the Way and Its Virtue/Power"
  • The Way of Returning to the Fundamental: The "Green Dao" in Contemporary China
  • The "Other Side" of the Dao: Religious Daoism as Revolutionary Force
  • Chapter Four The Return of the Nonnative: The Buddhist Revival in Contemporary China
  • The Clash between Confucian Morality and Buddhist Enlightenment
  • The Buddhist Revival in Contemporary China
  • A Tale of Two Stù„pas: The Parameters of Buddhist Revival in Contemporary China
  • The Future of China's Buddhist Past.
  • Chapter Five Back to the Future? Prospects for Confucianism and Chinese Traditions in Contemporary China
  • Why Focus on Confucianism?
  • The Song Dynasty, the Genesis of Neo-Confucianism (the Second Iteration), and Its Meaning for Contemporary New Confucianism (the Third Iteration)
  • Confucianism and the "Complex of Modernity"
  • A Prospectus of Confucian Models and Agendas for the Twenty-First Century
  • Whither Confucianism? The Two Roads of Contemporary Confucianism
  • Three Dimensions of Political Legitimacy in the Politics of the Kingly Way.
  • The Future of China's Past: Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism, and Buddhism as Supports for the Ruler
  • Concluding Reflections
  • Epilogue
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • On China's Rise
  • On the Revival of Confucianism
  • On the Revival of Buddhism
  • On the Revival of Daoism
  • On the Revival of Chinese Culture
  • On the Revival of Religion in China
  • On Race/Racism
  • Index.

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