战后美国的儒学与民主比较研究

The Comparative Study of Confucianism and Democracy in Post World War Ⅱ America

第二次世界大战以后,美国成为海外儒学的研究中心。就研究内容而言,对儒学与民主理论的比较研究是这一时期美国学界研究的一个焦点问题。研究大致分为研究起步、提出新研究模式和开展多层面研究三个阶段。研究重点集中于对儒学与现代西方自由民主理论的比较阐释。研究范式的更迭和演进是战后美国学界研究的一个显著特点。批判性的解读和创造性的“误读”是贯穿这一时期美国学界研究的两条主线。

The United States became the center of Confucianism studies after World War Ⅱ.The study can be divided into three stages:1.the initial stage(1950s-60s);2.the stage of advancement of new theories and methods(1970s-80s);3.the multi-dimensional stage(1990s).The focus of this field of research was the comparative study of Confucianism and modern democratic theories in the western world.During the post-war period,the study was characterized by the evolution and transformation of paradigms.The two major trends in the study were critical reading and creative “misrepresentation.”