THE CONFUCIAN AND MARXIAN WAYS: IRONIC AFFINITIES
THE CONFUCIAN AND MARXIAN WAYS: IRONIC AFFINITIES
Author(s): Kevin M. BrienSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: Abstract universal; affinities; alienation; basic disposition; benevolence; community being; concrete universal; focus-field; free conscious activity; internal relation; li; ritual propriety; praxis
Summary/Abstract: This essay explores significant affinities with respect to the humanism of the Marxian and Confucian Ways. Although orthodox Marxism suppresses the humanistic dimensions of Marx’s thought, they are foremost in his earlier writing, and were never abandoned in his later thought. All varieties of Confucianism recognize its humanism. The essay argues that both perspectives involve process modes of understanding; that both have a convergent understanding of abstract general terms; that both view the human being as a community being; that both advocate similar ideal modes of becoming; and that both are concerned with the problems of human alienation.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: Special
- Page Range: 39-66
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English