“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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Published in:Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Main Author: Chen, Yong (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Indonesia / Chinese people / Confucianism / Popular piety
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.
ISSN:2214-3955
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00702002