20.500.12556/RUL-186471 Confucianism and Chinese philosophy through the eyes of western scholarship problems and solutions Konfucijanstvo in kitajska filozofija v zahodni znanstveni obravnavi: problemi in rešitve This paper critically examines the challenges and methodological problems in Western interpretations of Confucianism and Chinese philosophy in general. It argues that many such studies are shaped by unreflective Western epistemological assumptions, rooted in historically specific paradigms and power relations. To overcome these limitations, the author advocates for a transcultural methodological framework that problematizes the alleged incommensurability of culturally conditioned worldviews and seeks to transcend the binary oppositions of “East” and “West”. The paper discusses the persistence of Ori-entalist and Eurocentric tendencies in Sinology and the emergence of reverse Orientalism within contemporary Chinese scholarship. It contends that both discourses are bound to unequal global power structures and that a genuine understanding of Confucian philos-ophy requires a dialectical approach that critically reflects on these asymmetries while avoiding the pitfalls of cultural relativism and essentialism. The study concludes that transcultural philosophy offers the most promising framework for reinterpreting Confu-cianism as a dynamic part of global philosophical discourse and as a potential contributor to a more inclusive and humane world. Confucianism Chinese philosophy transcultural philosophy Orientalism reverse Orientalism intercultural methodology Sinology epistemology konfucijanstvo kitajska filozofija transkulturna filozofija orientali-zem obrnjeni orientalizem medkulturna metodologija sinologija epistemologija true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-09-02 09:50:06 2026-09-02 09:50:18 2026-09-04 03:30:27 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 165-176 iss. 3 Vol. 14 (30) 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-01-01 1(510) 2232-5131 10.4312/as.2026.14.3.165-176 289703171 https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/24531/22380 1 8bef64d8-a6a2-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=245733 RAZ_Rosker_Jana_S._2026.pdf RAZ_Rosker_Jana_S._2026.pdf 1 DB0B82F64D32A1EAFB12EB2282E88FEC 788d5e2240a4b4f5db84218fa70ee1db6e2c837cc739aeb5ba56d9940e177bf6 c53e0d63-a6a2-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=245734 Filozofska fakulteta Asian studies 0 0 0