「反思當代中國的儒家復興：經(jīng)驗研究的視角」研討會征稿啟事
「反思當代中國的儒家復興：經(jīng)驗研究的視角」
研討會征稿啟事
在過去的約半個世紀，儒家的現(xiàn)代命運正在悄然發(fā)生著逆轉(zhuǎn)性變化。一方面，當余英時(1998)先生在1980年代以“游魂說”概述儒家的現(xiàn)代處境時，其冷靜而嚴酷的筆觸讓我們不得不承認儒家與現(xiàn)實生活世界存在著巨大斷裂。事實上，自二十世紀初以來，儒家經(jīng)歷了漫長而持久的知識化重構過程，從一個涉及政治、社會、教育、文化和心靈的完備綜合體窄化為一個純粹學理性、理論性的知識形態(tài)，從而與社會實踐和人倫日用發(fā)生嚴重脫離，無法再為人類生活提供日常教化和精神指導。但另一方面，進入二十一世紀以后，儒家日益呈現(xiàn)出一種與知識化取向相反的趨勢——它逸出大學的學科建制和學術邊界，向民間社會滲透，在社會組織和大眾領域扎下根基，成為越來越多個體安身立命的精神源泉。當前的儒家復興展現(xiàn)出明顯的草根性、大眾性和社會性，儒家行動者和民間團體成為儒家恢復生命力、重振精神性影響、重啟日常人生化的主力之一。有學者(Billioud and Thoraval 2015)以“民間儒家”稱之，包含兩個維度：一是指非官方的儒家活動，這些活動在國家行政機器之外開展，但并不完全脫離國家力量的控制；一是指由普通人開展的儒學活動（第8頁）。對此，有兩點觀察值得注意。第一，當儒家在社會大眾和日常生活復興時，它呈現(xiàn)出一種明顯的碎片化狀態(tài)，即儒家復興發(fā)生多樣而差異的領域里，這些領域之間缺乏明確聯(lián)系，儒家的某些部分猶如“補丁”一般被拼綴在不同領域的不同方面中(Billioud 2010)。第二，民間儒家的興起展現(xiàn)的是當代儒家復興的“下行路線”，它與“上行路線”（即由政治和學術精英自上而下推動的路線）之間絕非平行關系，而是相互交織、彼此纏結、競相促進、動態(tài)發(fā)展。
上述變化是產(chǎn)生于二十世紀八十年代的“游魂說”始料未及的，但在當前的儒家研究中被忽視了。實際上，儒家在多重社會領域的復興客觀上給研究者們提出了一種新的要求，即應該采取一種更具經(jīng)驗取向的、跨學科的研究視野，通過扎實的田野工作和實地調(diào)查，探究當代中國儒家復興的經(jīng)驗事實，由此才有可能更好地理解正在涌現(xiàn)的當下。鑒于此，本次特刊誠邀有志之士，共同探討和反思當代中國的儒家復興。本特刊特別歡迎基于經(jīng)驗、調(diào)查和事實的研究。學科領域不限。本特刊希望聚焦正在涌現(xiàn)的、與儒家復興有關的社會經(jīng)驗與事實，而非單純采用哲學化的分析視角；強調(diào)調(diào)查方法并對儒學復興現(xiàn)象做社會科學分析，而相對淡化對理論概念的哲學思辨。舉凡與當代中國儒家復興有關的研究論文，皆在本特刊征稿范圍內(nèi)。具體主題包括但不限于：（1）儒家與教育；（2）修身實踐與個體生命；（3）儒家與宗教實踐；（4）儒家、祭祀與儀式；（5）儒家、政治與民族-國家；（6）儒家與商業(yè)社會；（7）儒家、家庭與性別；（8）儒家與社會行動；（9）儒家與社交媒體；等等。
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Call for Papers
Rethinking Confucian revival in contemporary China through empirical perspectives
The modern fate of Confucianism is undergoing dramatic reversals over the past half a century. Yu Yingshi (1998) used the metaphor of “wandering soul” to describe the modern situation of Confucianism in the 1980s, implying the huge disruption of Confucianism from real life. Confucianism has undergone a long, still ongoing process of intellectual reconstruction since the beginning of the twentieth century, narrowing from a comprehensive system that covers politics, society, education, and culture to a philosophical/theoretical form of knowledge. This has resulted in Confucianism being separated from social practices and human relations and in its accused incompetency to provide spiritual sources for personal cultivation. However, since entering the 21st century, Confucianism has increasingly displayed a different trend from the previous intellectualization process. It goes beyond the disciplinary boundaries and academic institutions, penetrates the folk society (minjian shehui), takes root in social groups and public domains, and becomes the spiritual source of individuals. Billioud and Thoraval (2015) indicated that “popular Confucianism” (minjian rujia) emerges rapidly in the past two decades, this term implying two dimensions: one refers to the unofficial, Confucian-related activities, which are carried out beyond the state administrative apparatus but are not completely out of its control; one refers to the Confucian activities promoted by ordinary people. In this regard, two observations deserve notice. First, the revival of popular Confucianism is displayed as a patchwork of fragmented and scattered activities, reappearing in differentiated and divided fields (Billioud 2010). Second, the rise of popular Confucianism shows the “downward route” (from bottom to top) of Confucian revival, which is by no means a parallel to the “upward route” (that from top to bottom, promoted by political and academic elites). Instead, the downward and upward routes are intertwined and interacting dynamically.
However, the recent changes as described above have been largely underestimated in the scholarship of Confucian studies. The fact of Confucianism revival in diverse fields has posed an urgent call for empirical, interdisciplinary approaches to gain hands-on understanding of what is actually happening. Against this background, we invite proposals that address various aspects of Confucian revival in contemporary China. We particularly welcome empirical studies that pay attention to the evidence, facts and experience related to the revival of Confucianism. There is no limit to the fields of disciplines. Possible topics may include but are not limited to the following: (1) Confucianism and education; (2) Self-cultivation and individual life; (3) Confucianism and religious practice; (4) Confucianism and rituals; (5) Confucianism, politics and nation-state; (6) Confucianism and commercial society; (7) Confucianism, family and gender; (8) Confucianism and social action; (9) Confucianism and social media, among others.
Depending on the number of received proposals, we will consider either a journal special issue or a format of an edited volume. We will aim at an IF journal or a recognizable publisher (for English articles), or a CSSCI journal (for Chinese articles).
We are happy to inform you that this proposal has been accepted by the "Social Theory Workshop" hosted by the journal Shehui(Society) and has been approved to run the panel(s) on 8th August 2021 for up to a whole day (via online approach). Accepted abstract authors will be kindly invited to attend the online panels to discuss their draft versions of submissions.
Potential contributors are kindly invited to submit an abstract, either in Chinese or in English (max 300 words in English; 500 characters in Chinese), as well as a short bio/institutional affiliation/contact details, no later than June 10th, 2021, to: Canglong.Wang@hull.ac.uk. Accepted proposals will be contacted afterwards regarding the details of full draft submission.
Editor:
Canglong Wang is a lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Hull, UK. His research explores the cultural, social and political implications for the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China. His publications appeared in both English and Chinese peer-reviewed journals. He is currently working on a monograph entitled Cultivating the Confucian individual: Subjectification and classical schooling in China. He can be contacted by the email address: Canglong.Wang@hull.ac.uk.
References:
Billioud, Sébastien. 2010. “Carrying the Confucian Torch to the Masses: The Challenge of Structuring the Confucian Revival in the People’s Republic of China.” Orien Extremus (49):201–24.
Billioud, Sébastien and Jo?l Thoraval. 2015. The Sage and the People: The Confucian Revival in China. New York: Oxford University Press.
Yu, Yingshi. 1998. Xiandai ruxue lun (On Modern Confucianism). Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe.
