Can Confucianism's Relational Picture Of The Self Help Us Understand and Address Populism?

本项目将论证儒家关于自我的关系概念使我们能够对民粹主义获得更大的社会学理解，从而可以为能够解决民粹主义的公共政策提供信息。许多现有的民粹主义的解释作为一个基本前提是一个原子的，无实体的自我认同的观点。我的假设是，儒家关于自我认同的关系观可以更好地阐明为什么社区、工作地点和工作尊严对民粹主义选民很重要。如果这是真的，那么儒学可以为人们为什么投票给民粹主义者提供一个新颖的解释，并为旨在解决民粹主义的公共政策策略提供信息。

This project will argue that a Confucian relational conception of the self allows us to achieve a greater sociological understanding of populism and thus could inform public policies capable of tackling it. Many existing interpretations of populism take as a basic premise an atomistic, disembodied view of self-identity. My hypothesis is that a Confucian relational view of self-identity can better illuminate why community, place and dignity of work matter to populist voters. If this is true, then Confucianism can provide a novel explanation of why people vote for populists and inform a public policy strategy aimed at tackling populism.