China Keywords: New Confucianism 新儒家

A TPPI Webinar Series
Part of the Telos China Initiative
in cooperation with the Danube Institute

Join us on Zoom on Thursday, February 13, for the sixth webinar in the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute’s “China Keywords” series, co-sponsored by the Danube Institute, where we will explore New Confucianism with philosopher Daniel A. Bell. The webinar will take place at 10:00 Eastern Time, 16:00 Central European Time (which includes Hungary, Germany, and the Netherlands), and 23:00 in Hong Kong’s time zone.

About the Webinar

Among Western audiences, Daniel A. Bell is best known as a critic of liberalism. Still, he is also a critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), specifically of its legalist and Leninist legacies. What sets him apart from the typical Western critic is skin in the game, as he writes from within China, with nuance and empathy for China’s modern challenges and an understanding of the intellectual alternatives within Chinese tradition. In Bell’s words: “I’m a critic of the CCP, but I also see positive things to build on and I do not favor overthrowing the whole system.”

A prominent advocate of Confucian political meritocracy as an alternative to Western liberal democracy and Marxism-Leninism, Bell serves as the Chair of Political Theory at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law. Previously, he was the Dean of the School of Political Science at Shandong University and a professor of philosophy at Tsinghua University. His books include The Dean of Shandong (2023), Just Hierarchy (co-authored with Wang Pei, 2021), The China Model (2015), and China’s New Confucianism (2008), all published by Princeton University Press.

Moderating our event will be Dutch sociologist Eric Hendriks, the director of TPPI’s China Initiative, streaming live from Budapest, where he is a Danube Institute fellow. Hendriks will ask Bell how the New Confucian revival created a space for novel political opportunities and thought in China. After the interview segment, there will be a Q&A in which you can take part—feel free to jump in!

How to Register

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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute is pleased to present this webinar in cooperation with the Danube Institute.

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