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The Confucian Conception of Self
Collectivist or Relational?
Konfucijansko pojmovanje sebstva
kolektivistično ali relacijsko?
In this paper, I clarify the Confucian conception of self by distinguishing it from common misrepresentations, most notably its conflation with collectivism, as critiqued by Jana Rošker. These distortions, arguably rooted in the application of inappropriate Western frameworks, portray the Confucian self as self-effacing and subordinate to society. Drawing on key sinological and philosophical work, including that of David Hall, Roger Ames, and Jana Rošker, I argue instead that the Confucian self is relational and processual: constituted through one’s roles and relationships, not erased by them. I develop this interpretation in two stages. First, I show through conceptual analysis how the Confucian self integrates individuality and interdependence by situating personhood in a shared awareness of social roles. Second, I analyse the Analects and Mencius to show how the ideal of ren (仁) embodies ethical self-cultivation as a dynamic, ongoing process. I conclude that the Confucian self is best seen as a shared or social self-consciousness of roles and relations.
V tem članku pojasnjujem konfucijansko pojmovanje sebstva, tako da ga ločujem od pogostih napačnih predstav, predvsem od njegove povezave s kolektivizmom, kot ga kritizira Jana Rošker. Te izkrivljene predstave, ki verjetno izhajajo iz uporabe neus-treznih zahodnih okvirov, konfucijanski jaz prikazujejo kot skromnega in podrejenega družbi. Na podlagi ključnih sinoloških in filozofskih del, med drugim Davida Halla, Rog-erja Amesa in Jane Rošker, trdim, da je konfucijsko sebstvo relacijsko ter procesno: ob-likujejo ga človekova vloga in odnosi, ne pa da bi ga ti izbrisali. To interpretacijo razvi-jam v dveh stopnjah. Najprej s konceptualno analizo pokažem, kako konfucijsko sebstvo združuje individualnost in medsebojno odvisnost, tako da osebnost umesti v skupno zav-est o družbenih vlogah. Nato analiziram deli Analekti in Mencij, da pokažem, kako ideal ren (仁) uteleša etično samokultivacijo kot dinamičen, neprekinjen proces. Sklepam, da je konfucijsko sebstvo najbolje razumeti kot skupno ali družbeno samozavest vlog in odnosov.
comparative philosophy
Confucianism
relational self
Ren (仁)
self-cultivation
primerjalna filozofija
konfucijanstvo
relacijsko sebstvo
ren (仁)
samokultivacija
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Angleški jezik
Slovenski jezik
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Str. 89-102
no. 1
Vol. 14
2026
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Zaloznikova
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2026-01-09
2232-5131
2350-4226
https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2026.14.1.89-102
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