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

这个项目将论证，儒家关于自我的关系概念允许我们实现对民粹主义的更好的社会学理解，从而可以为有能力应对它的公共政策提供信息。许多现有的对民粹主义的解释都以原子主义的、非实体的自我同一性观点为基本前提。我的假设是，儒家关于自我认同的关系观可以更好地解释为什么社区、场所和工作的尊严对民粹主义选民来说很重要。如果这是真的，那么儒家思想可以为人们投票给民粹主义者提供一种新的解释，并为旨在应对民粹主义的公共政策战略提供参考。

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.