“The Last Confucian” in the Rice Paddy of Java: Toward Constructing an Anthropology of Confucianism
Abstract This article engages in theoretical reflections on an anthropology of Confucianism by tackling two critical issues: the visibility of the Confucian tradition in modern times and the conceptualization of “popular Confucianism” in anthropological terms. Through a case study of an ethnographic...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2020, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 164-178 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Indonesia
/ Chinese people
/ Confucianism
/ Popular piety
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
Further subjects: | B
anthropology of Confucianism
B Agama Khonghucu B Visibility B Confucianism B popular Confucianism |
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Summary: | Abstract This article engages in theoretical reflections on an anthropology of Confucianism by tackling two critical issues: the visibility of the Confucian tradition in modern times and the conceptualization of “popular Confucianism” in anthropological terms. Through a case study of an ethnographic document about Agama Khonghucu, as the Confucian religion is known in Indonesia, the article argues that, via the construction of an anthropology of Confucianism, scholars can better understand the customs, behaviors, and values of Chinese communities under their specific sociopolitical and cultural conditions across the globe. |
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ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00702002 |