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New Confucianism, Science and the Future of the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Chengzhou He
Chengzhou He*
Affiliation:
School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China School of Foreign Studies, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. Email: chengzhou@nju.edu.cn
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Abstract

It is argued in this article that the dialogue between science and humanities is not just an option, but rather a necessary act. In China, New Confucianism has accomplished its creative transformation through its dialogue with science, and the development of science and technology has also benefited from humanities – New Confucianism included. In the global confrontation of growing environmental crisis, science alone cannot solve all the problems. What kind of role can New Confucianism play along with science in addressing the environmental issues? How will a re-interpretation of tianrenheyi (unity of man and nature), which is a core Confucian concept, contribute to the critique of anthropocentrism and the cross-cultural reformation of ecological thought? Bearing in mind both the cosmopolitan consciousness and the eco-environmental sensibility, a New Confucian ecological humanism is proposed and analysed in response to the global environmental problem.

Type
Conflicts and Dialogues between Science and Humanities
Information
European Review , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , May 2018 , pp. 368 - 380
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2018 

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