Can Confucianism survive in an age of universalism and globalization? From: Pacific Affairs | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Rozman, Gilbert | COPYRIGHT 2002 University of British Columbia. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Conventional wisdom sees the last quarter of the twentieth century as the death knell of Confucianism. (1) What had been the dominant way of thinking and social behaviour in China, Japan, and Korea for centuries found new expression, but no lasting foundation, in each country, as in Taiwan and Singapore. (2) Each nation had championed its Confucian identity, whether it was called that or not, (3) but later drew back. While global fascination rose over a cultural disposition seen as...

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