Young-chan Ro: Confucianism and the Future(s) - 4Sight Chats SE2 Ep. 1

The 1st episode of the 2nd season of the 4Sight Chats Series, with Young-chan Ro. Young-chan is a professor of religious studies and the director of the Korean studies center at George Mason University. Alex is PhD candidate at NUS Business School (Singapore), and Associate Editor of the journal "World Futures Review".   Chat Outline:  - The ideal society according to Confucianism  - The five cardinal relationships of Confucianism and how they can inform/be reinterpreted for human societies today   - How to counter the claim that Confucianism supports degenerating hierarchies  - How to conciliate Confucianism's views of the past, present, and future   - How to encourage engaged scholarship on Confucianism in mainstream academia   Available in video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw_12_gew6w MENTIONED REFERENCES Economist (2021). Confucianism has become a political punchbag in South Korea: https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/01/02/confucianism-has-become-a-political-punchbag-in-south-korea Learn more about Young-chan: https://religious.gmu.edu/people/yro  Support Alex's videos: https://www.patreon.com/alexfergnani