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Resurgence of Confucian education in contemporary China: Parental involvement, moral anxiety, and the pedagogy of memorisation (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2022). Resurgence of Confucian education in contemporary China: Parental involvement, moral anxiety, and the pedagogy of memorisation. Journal of Moral Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2022.2066639

The resurgence of Confucian education in present-day China has received increasing academic attention over the last two decades. However, certain aspects of this trend remain poorly understood, particularly parents’ involvement in their children’s Co... Read More about Resurgence of Confucian education in contemporary China: Parental involvement, moral anxiety, and the pedagogy of memorisation.

Hybridising Minjian Religion in South China: Participants, Rituals, and Architecture (2022)
Journal Article
Guo, H., Wang, C., Nie, Y., & Tang, X. (2022). Hybridising Minjian Religion in South China: Participants, Rituals, and Architecture. Religions, 13(5), Article 384. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050384

This study focuses on the ongoing hybridisation of minjian (folk or popular, literally “among the people”) religious activities in rural areas of south China. It demonstrates recent changes in religious hybridisation through extensive fieldwork in tw... Read More about Hybridising Minjian Religion in South China: Participants, Rituals, and Architecture.

Right, righteousness, and act: why should Confucian activists be regarded as citizens in the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China? (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2022). Right, righteousness, and act: why should Confucian activists be regarded as citizens in the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China?. Citizenship Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2022.2042674

This article explores three core elements of citizenship–right, responsibility, and act–and their implications for the rise of Confucian activists in the revival of Confucian education in present-day China. Adopting an empirical research approach, th... Read More about Right, righteousness, and act: why should Confucian activists be regarded as citizens in the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China?.

Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future? (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2022). Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future?. Religions, 13(2), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13020154

Throughout the twenty-first century, Confucian education has rapidly expanded among the grassroots in China. This study focuses on the most influential style of Confucian education, dujing (classics reading) education, and on a very understudied grou... Read More about Individual Self, Sage Discourse, and Parental Authority: Why Do Confucian Students Reject Further Confucian Studies as Their Educational Future?.

Truth Telling and Ethics of Discomfort: Rethinking Late Foucault's Conceptualisation of Subject (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2022). Truth Telling and Ethics of Discomfort: Rethinking Late Foucault's Conceptualisation of Subject. Tian Fu New Idea, 83-90

在福柯生命晚期， 他曾以“说真话” 为主题探讨了古希腊哲学的主体与真理模式。本文通过回应三个问题来推进当前对该话题的讨论： 第一， 福柯是怎么讨论“ 说真话” 的？ 第二， 如何在福柯总体思想框架里理解“说真话” 问题？ 第三， “说真话” 问题反映了福柯怎样的主体伦理... Read More about Truth Telling and Ethics of Discomfort: Rethinking Late Foucault's Conceptualisation of Subject.

Parents as Critical Individuals: Confucian Education Revival from the Perspective of Chinese Individualisation (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2022). Parents as Critical Individuals: Confucian Education Revival from the Perspective of Chinese Individualisation. China Perspectives, 2022(2), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.13655

This article uses the theory of Chinese individualisation to understand the Confucian education revival by focusing on the rise of parents as critical individuals and a case study of one Confucian private school. Drawing on interview data from parent... Read More about Parents as Critical Individuals: Confucian Education Revival from the Perspective of Chinese Individualisation.