Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (22)

The rise of Confucian Citizens in China: Theoretical reflections and empirical explorations (2023)
Book
Wang, C. (2023). The rise of Confucian Citizens in China: Theoretical reflections and empirical explorations. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003343455

This book explores the relationship between Confucianism and citizenship and the rise of Confucian citizens in contemporary China. Combining theoretical and empirical approaches to the topic, the book constructs new frameworks to examine the nuances... Read More about The rise of Confucian Citizens in China: Theoretical reflections and empirical explorations.

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.

Two Positions and Two Paths of the Localization of Chinese Sociology—A Discussion with Professor Xie Yu and He Xuefeng (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2021). Two Positions and Two Paths of the Localization of Chinese Sociology—A Discussion with Professor Xie Yu and He Xuefeng. Journal of Social Sciences 社会科学, 2021(1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.13644/j.cnki.cn31-1112.2021.01.004

The current debate on the indigenization of Chinese sociology has been divided into two tit-for-tat positions: one is the disciplinary norm position, which advocates using China as a tool for the purpose of promoting the overall development of sociol... Read More about Two Positions and Two Paths of the Localization of Chinese Sociology—A Discussion with Professor Xie Yu and He Xuefeng.

Quantitative Methodology, Positivist Philosophy and Disciplinary Subjectivity: Indigenisation of British Sociology and Lessons for Chinese Sociology (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2021). Quantitative Methodology, Positivist Philosophy and Disciplinary Subjectivity: Indigenisation of British Sociology and Lessons for Chinese Sociology. Journal of Social Development, 2021(4), 215-243

英国社会学在本土化历程中形成了鲜明的反量化取向和通识学科定位，这影响了其学科风格。本文追溯了两个知识传统对这一学科风格的影响：一是英国本土知识传统——统计学传统，它以“不介入”的方式成为英国社会学的主要他者；另一是孔德的实证哲学和社会学观念，它成为二战前... Read More about Quantitative Methodology, Positivist Philosophy and Disciplinary Subjectivity: Indigenisation of British Sociology and Lessons for Chinese Sociology.

Educating the Cosmopolitan Citizen in Confucian Classical Education in Contemporary China (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2020). Educating the Cosmopolitan Citizen in Confucian Classical Education in Contemporary China. Chinese Education and Society, 53(1-2), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10611932.2020.1716613

This article explores the conceptualization of cosmopolitan citizen and the relevant teaching practice in the emerging Confucian classical education in contemporary China. It addresses two aspects. First, the cosmopolitan orientation of the cultural... Read More about Educating the Cosmopolitan Citizen in Confucian Classical Education in Contemporary China.

Debatable "Chineseness": Diversification of Confucian classical education in contemporary China (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2018). Debatable "Chineseness": Diversification of Confucian classical education in contemporary China. China Perspectives, 2018(4), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.8482

© 2018, Francais sur la Chine Contemporaine China. This article discusses the ongoing debates about classics reading (dujing) in the revitalisation and diversification of Confucian classical education in mainland China. It begins by reviewing two dis... Read More about Debatable "Chineseness": Diversification of Confucian classical education in contemporary China.

Dimensions of the Political and the Moral: A Framework of Comparing Junzi and Citizens (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2018). Dimensions of the Political and the Moral: A Framework of Comparing Junzi and Citizens. Sociological Review of China, 6(3), 25-38

“君子”与“公民”的比较直接关涉中国儒家政治文化（以“君子”为主体）与西方民主政治文化（以“公民”为主体）的关系问题。那么，如何比较“君子”与“公民”呢？本文以“政治法理性”与“道德伦理性”为分类标准，建构了一个分析框架。作者把君子分成“治理主体”和“道德主体”，把公民... Read More about Dimensions of the Political and the Moral: A Framework of Comparing Junzi and Citizens.

Civic Junzi or Noble Citizen: Junzi and Citizen revisited (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2018). Civic Junzi or Noble Citizen: Junzi and Citizen revisited. Tian Fu New Idea, 2018(1), 52-61

本文以政治法理与道德伦理为分类标准， 对君子与公民进行了比较分析， 发现它们既有􀌬致性又有差异性、既同调又异调。作者由此驳斥了两种论断。接着， 文章论证了君子与公民相􃏿合的两种可能路径：一 􀌬种是“君子的公民化”， 塑造的是“ 公民式君子”；一 􀌬种是“ 公民的君子... Read More about Civic Junzi or Noble Citizen: Junzi and Citizen revisited.

Individuality, Hierarchy, and Dilemma: the Making of Confucian Cultural Citizenship in a Contemporary Chinese Classical School (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2016). Individuality, Hierarchy, and Dilemma: the Making of Confucian Cultural Citizenship in a Contemporary Chinese Classical School. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 21(4), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-016-9436-9

Is Confucianism compatible with citizenship? If yes, how? Cultural transformation in recent citizenship studies provides a theoretical junction to bring the two concepts together. In terms of cultural citizenship, this paper explores the making of Co... Read More about Individuality, Hierarchy, and Dilemma: the Making of Confucian Cultural Citizenship in a Contemporary Chinese Classical School.

Exclusivity or Inclusivity: Two Orientations of Nationalism in Contemporary Chinese Confucian Studies (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2016). Exclusivity or Inclusivity: Two Orientations of Nationalism in Contemporary Chinese Confucian Studies. Exploration and contention, 2016(7), 61-65

当代中国的儒学研究与日益高涨的民族主义相伴而生。二者的关系应如何理解?民族主义可被视为现代性条件下的个体重建本体安全感的心理机制，具有两个取向：当以主权为导向时，它具有排斥性和侵略性；当以公民身份为导向时，它具有包容性和多元性。在中国语境下，一方面，... Read More about Exclusivity or Inclusivity: Two Orientations of Nationalism in Contemporary Chinese Confucian Studies.

Back to Moral Subject: Foucault and the Modern Values of Confucianism (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2016). Back to Moral Subject: Foucault and the Modern Values of Confucianism. Tian Fu New Idea, 2016(3), 58-63

我们应该在什么意义上讨论儒家的现代价值？本文以福柯对西方现代性主体的批判为视角，提出“道德主体”是讨论儒家现代价值的基础。福柯认为，以“笛卡尔时刻”为标志，在那之前，获得自我知识与伦理自我转化结合在一起，“无畏的说话者”是西方道德主体的典范；在那之后，真理... Read More about Back to Moral Subject: Foucault and the Modern Values of Confucianism.

Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education (2015)
Book Chapter
Wang, C. (2015). Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education. In M. Qian (Ed.), Education and Modernity in Sociology 社会学视野中的教育与现代性 (117-130). People's Daily Publishing Corporation

通过关注正在当代中国复兴的儒家读经教育，作者以读经学生为研究对象，对他们进行了正式或非正式访谈，讨论了他们的公民身份在读经过程中的塑造。本文的基本论点是：儒家读经教育塑造了学生的自我主体性，形成一种新的文化公民身份——儒家公民；儒家公民的基本品质是好学... Read More about Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education.