Open AccessJapanese Reinterpretations of Confucianism
Author(s) -
Marko Ogrizek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian studies/asian studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2350-4226
pISSN - 2232-5131
DOI - 10.4312/as.2021.9.2.183-208
Subject(s) - realm , context (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , epistemology , neo confucianism , sociology , space (punctuation) , point (geometry) , engineering ethics , environmental ethics , philosophy , law , political science , history , computer science , engineering , linguistics , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , machine learning
This article aims to introduce the study of Itō Jinsai from the point of view of the value of his Confucian interpretations within the context of the project of Confucian ethics—in other words, trying to ascertain in what ways Jinsai’s project can help facilitate the study of Confucian ethics beyond the realm of intellectual history in the global context of the 21st century. It is imperative to allow Jinsai’s notions, as much as possible, to speak for themselves; but it is also of great importance to first place Jinsai within his own time and inside the intellectual space in which he formulated his ideas. A number of scholarly sources will be considered, with the intention of illuminating Jinsai’s work from a few different angles.