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WHY IS CONFUCIANISM NOT A RELIGION? THE IMPACT OF ORIENTALISM
Author(s) -
Na Chen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/zygo.12241
Subject(s) - orientalism , buddhism , conceptualization , china , context (archaeology) , phenomenon , asian studies , religious studies , sociology , gender studies , history , philosophy , epistemology , theology , linguistics , archaeology
Abstract This study attempts to answer the question why Confucianism, the dominant “teaching” among the Three Teachings, is not a religion in contemporary China, unlike the other two “teachings,” Buddhism and Daoism. By examining this phenomenon in the social‐historical context, this study finds its origin in Orientalism. The Orientalist conceptualization of religion became part of the New Culture discourse at the turn of the twentieth century. While China has undergone tremendous social changes over the past century, the old discourse remains.

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