The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene (Part I)
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The rise of Asia, especially China, has raised a unique challenge for western political scientists in trying to understand and predict whether civilizational conflict and war will transpire.[i] In understanding China as a type of spiritual and pragmatic ecumene, Voegelin can help political scientists in their endeavours. For Voegelin, China has traditionally understood itself as both a spiritual (representing the unity of all humankind) and a pragmatic (an imperial empire) ecumene in a cosmological form: the pragmatic is an analogue of the spiritual, just as human politics is an analogue of the cosmic existence.
The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene (Part I)
The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene…
The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene (Part I)
The rise of Asia, especially China, has raised a unique challenge for western political scientists in trying to understand and predict whether civilizational conflict and war will transpire.[i] In understanding China as a type of spiritual and pragmatic ecumene, Voegelin can help political scientists in their endeavours. For Voegelin, China has traditionally understood itself as both a spiritual (representing the unity of all humankind) and a pragmatic (an imperial empire) ecumene in a cosmological form: the pragmatic is an analogue of the spiritual, just as human politics is an analogue of the cosmic existence.