文明对话与当代新儒学的发展

在全球化时代的新格局中,文明的背景和宗教的意义正在凸显,文化的全球性与地方性、现实性与根源性复杂地交织在一起,消除隔阂需要理解,化解矛盾需要对话,文明之间的会通与对话已成为顺天应人的浩浩大势。当代新儒家的代表人物杜维明、刘述先,在与世界各大文明传统做广泛交流的基础上,提出了诸多儒学发展的新课题,拓展了儒学的论域以及走向国际学术舞台的空间,为新儒学的进一步发展提供了可能。

Dialogue across Civilizations and the Current Development of Neo-Confucianism

In the new context of globalization, the background of civilizations and the meaning of religions are gaining currency. The global and realistic aspects of culture are intricately interwoven with its local and indigenous parts. The removal of barriers calls for understanding and dialogue. The communication and dialogue among different civilizations have become an inevitable trend. On the basis of their understanding of major world civilizations, DU Wei-ming and LIU Shu-xian, current proponents of Neo-Confucianism, have proposed many new issues for the study of Confucianism, thus broadening the scope of Confucian studies and opening Confucianism to international scholarship.