Author(s)

Chernykh Varvara Igorevna

Corresponding Author

Chernykh Varvara Igorevna

Abstract

In the XIXth century China has been faced massive infiltration of Western social and political thoughts and as a result Confucianism was transformed once again via assimilation of these Western trends’ elements; this was the period where Modern Confucianism began to form. However, this process was insufficient and required a solution for a task to find an optimal model to create the effective and fruitful dialogue between Chinese and Western civilizations, where the main obstacle is the problem to combine both spiritual heritage of Tianxia and newest philosophical methods and ideas of the West. One of the most remarkable attempts of such adaptation to modern world realities was a creation of “Modern Confucianism” movement. It has never been monolithic and served as a classified term, which united several separate trends and schools. This research touches upon one of the essential aspects in Boston school of Modern Confucianism concepts – “Self-Cultivation”, and its possible application in higher education sphere (particularly, in the model of “liberal arts’ education”) as a tool of socio-cultural and worldview competencies.

Keywords

Boston confucianism; Faculty of liberal arts; Liberal arts’ education; Modern confucianism; Essence of personality; Self-cultivation concept