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SUMMARY:KHK Monday Meeting: The Church of Confucius. Kang Youwei (1858-192
 7) and the Conceptual Debate on “Religion”
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DESCRIPTION:Federico Brusadelli (Erlangen/Nürnberg)\n\nAfter being limite
 d for decades to his role in the failed reforms of 1898\, interest in Kang
  Youwei (1858-1927) has recently reached to other aspects of his intellect
 ual and political platform. His understanding of Confucianism as the “tr
 ue religion” of China and the consequent proposal for the establishment 
 of a Confucian Church\, in particular\, have been observed and commented w
 ith growing attention\, especially after the reconsecration of Master Kong
  as a cultural symbol - if not a spiritual guide - of post-revolutionary C
 hina.\n\nThis talk will try to trace Kang’s contribution to the redefini
 tion and the reshaping of Confucianism within the framework of the concept
 ual debate on  “religion” (zongjiao 宗教). What was Kang’s interp
 retation of this “modern” concept? How did he apply it to the Chinese 
 context? How did he position Confucianism\, in the confrontation between 
 “religion” and “superstition”? And what socio-political role could
  it perform in the State-building process? Finally\, why is Kang’s “re
 ligious Confucianism” still relevant to 21st - century China?\n\nTo answ
 er these questions\, the analysis will be based on two texts from the post
 -1898 production: the Italian Journal (Yidali youji 意大利游记) of 19
 05 - that includes Kang’s comparative observations on the role of Cathol
 icism and Christianity in Western history - and some significant excerpts 
 from his posthumous masterpiece\, the Book of Great Concord (Datongshu 大
 同书).\n\nPicture by 风之清扬 - Own work\, CC BY-SA 3.0\n\n 
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Turfan" (0.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/khk-lecture-federico-brusadelli/
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