The Scholar's Compass: Confucian Ideals and Education in a Global Context
Keywords:
Confucianism, education, learningSynopsis
This volume offers a critical reflection on Confucian models of learning and education in the context of global educational crises, while exploring alternatives to dominant neoliberal paradigms. Its central premise is that Confucian pedagogy can offer valuable and socially sensitive approaches to moral cultivation, dialogical learning, and relational autonomy, despite being frequently misinterpreted as hierarchical and authoritarian.
These approaches, the contributors argue, are becoming increasingly relevant in the contemporary world.
Chapters
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Learning to Be Human – Confucian Models of Education in a Global AgeIntroduction
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Confucius’ Embodied Knowledge
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Explicit and Implicit Aspects of Confucian Education
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Following the Way of the Ancient KingsThe Concept of “Learning” in the Teachings of Ogyū Sorai
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A Vietnamese Reading of the Master’s ClassicPhạm Nguyễn Du’s Humble Comments on the Analects as an Example of Transformative Learning
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Lessons from Zhu Xi’s Views on Inquiry and Learning for Contemporary Advanced Humanities Education and Research
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Between Tradition and ModernityModern Confucianism as a Form of East Asian Social Knowledge
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A Comparative Study on Chinese vs American Elementary Math Textbooks Through a Transcultural Lens
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Published
June 16, 2026
Series
Print ISSN
2463-8900
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Copyright (c) 2026 Authors
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Details about this monograph
ISBN-13 (15)
978-961-297-847-1
How to Cite
Sernelj, T. (Ed.). (2026). The Scholar’s Compass: Confucian Ideals and Education in a Global Context. University of Ljubljana Press. https://doi.org/10.4312/9789612978471
