Subjektova nova oblačila: idejne osnove modernizacije v delih druge generacije modernega konfucijanstva

The philosophical current of Modern Confucianism (xin ruxue) was mainly developed during the 20th Century in Taiwan and Hong Kong, but also gained a wide spread popularity in most of the other East Asian societies that were traditionally influenced by Confucian thought, as for example Japan and South Korea. It forms the most influential and important stream of thought in contemporary East Asian theory and represents a crucial part of new prevailing ideologies in the P. R. China. It is defined by a search for synthesis between Western and traditional East Asian thought, aiming to elaborate a system of ideas and values, suitable to resolve social and political problems of the modern, globalized world. Thus, Jana S. Rošker’s book is not only focused upon the main Modern Confucian philosophical approaches, ideas and methods. It furthermore also illuminates the political, social and ideological backgrounds of the so called Confucian revival on the one hand, and its inherent connection to the ideological foundations of East Asian modernity on the other.