An Anthropocosmic View: What Confucian Traditions Can Teach Us about the Past and Future of Chinese Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Lu, Ying; Jover, Gonzalo
Titel	An Anthropocosmic View: What Confucian Traditions Can Teach Us about the Past and Future of Chinese Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 77 (2019) 3, S.423-436 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-018-0280-z
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Confucianism; World Views; Universities; Educational History; Educational Trends; Educational Philosophy; Asian Culture; Humanism; Holistic Approach; Self Concept; Networks; Global Approach; Barriers; Social Change; Futures (of Society); Foreign Countries; China; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Konfuzianismus; World view; Weltanschauung; University; Universität; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Humanismus; Holistischer Ansatz; Selbstkonzept; Globales Denken; Sozialer Wandel; Future; Society; Zukunft; Ausland; Europa
Abstract	The historical debate between a liberal orientation of university education and a university education with a more practical orientation has been reproduced by defenders and detractors of the course that is being adopted by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Instead of resorting to a dichotomous view of these two arguments, this article employs an anthropocosmic worldview to look at the university by examining the past and present of Chinese higher education, in contrast to the philosophy and reality of the European university within the framework of the EHEA. The anthropocosmic view is central to Confucian holistic humanism, which asserts that humanity is part of a continuum consisting of community, Earth and Heaven. With the self as a 'centre of relationships', the individual is interconnected with an ever-expanding network of human relatedness, extending from the self to the family, the community, the country, the world and beyond. The authors argue that despite being based on a European model, the Chinese university, in fact, boasts a unique Chinese character that can be traced back to its Confucian learning tradition, which itself reflects this anthropocosmic worldview. In our world today, a world of unprecedented globalisation, an anthropocentric view of higher education is no longer sufficient. Instead, to address the challenges humanity faces, a Chinese model of the university based on anthropocosmism presents a potential new pathway for the global university of the future. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01