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2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Pan-chiu LAI

Through making references to some inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural studies of “Transcendence” as well as the usage of the relevant terms in contemporary Confucianism and Christianity, especially the concepts of “transcendence” and “immanence” (which is translated sometimes as nèi zài in Chinese), this study attempts to challenge some of the prevalent stereotypes of Christianity and Confucianism.  With special references to the historical and contemporary Christian-Confucian discourses related to the concepts of immanence and transcendence, this study argues that certain features of “orientalism” can be found in the Christian interpretations of Confucianism, especially their tendency of downplaying the transcendence in Confucianism in order to highlight that Christianity is the fulfillment of Confucianism. In contrast to the Christian interpretations, the Confucian interpretations tend to highlight the “transcendence” in Confucianism and ignore the “immanence” in Christianity.  Certain “reverse orientalism” can be found at the Confucian interpretations of Christianity, especially their attempts at arguing for the superiority of Confucianism through articulating the contrast between “external transcendence” (wài zài chāo yuè) and “internal transcendence” (nèi zài chāo yuè).  This study further argues that no matter whether it is orientalism or reverse orientalism, these stereotypes of the contrast between Christianity and Confucianism misinterpret not only the other’s tradition, but also one’s own, and thus hinder the communication between the two traditions.


2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562110243
Author(s):  
Stéphane Aubinet

This article offers a critique of the notion of “universals” in cross-cultural studies on music and emotions based on empirical observations and philosophical arguments. The empirical material comes from experiments with songs evoking animals and belonging to the Indigenous Sámi “yoik” tradition. Participants from the Belgian Ardenne untrained to the yoik ( N = 114, age 4–79) listened to recordings and tried to guess which animal was evoked. While their scores were significantly above chance level, additional data about their own environment and relationships to animals illustrate that interpretations in terms of “universals” would obscure the interrelational processes and (productive or unproductive) “misrecognitions” at work during the experiments. By analogy, this illustrates the need for a down-to-earth approach in cross-cultural studies on music that acknowledges the creative role of experimental designs and laboratory conditions in the production of universals. This approach may imply a move away from the nature/culture divide and a renewed attention to experimental subjects in a postcolonial context, with the aim of informing us on the entanglement of human musicality in “relational places” and the productive biases these offer to relate across different environments.


Author(s):  
Soonbae Kim

Obtuvo su doctorado en Lengua y Literaturas Hispánicas en la Universidad de Pittsburgh, EUA. Su área de investigación incluye la literatura y el cine latinoamericano, los estudios fronterizos y los estudios transpacíficos entre Asia y América Latina. Sus ensayos han sido publicados en México, Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Argentina, Ecuador y Corea. Fue profesor de la Universidad de Colorado del Norte. Actualmente es profesor del departamento de español y director del Center for Cross-Cultural Studies en la Universidad Kyung Hee, Corea del Sur. Presentamos una entrevista realizada en noviembre de 2020, que tomó como base un cuestionario preparado por el equipo editor de Revista Rumbos TS.


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