The logic of multiculturalism and Korean democracy

In this article, I attempt to construct a normative framework of Korean multiculturalism in the Confucian public-societal context of Korean democracy by focusing on the political implications of the claim to cultural rights (so-called ‘logic’ of multiculturalism) and cultural pluralism that it is likely to entail for Korean democracy. After examining the logic of multiculturalism that often puts multiculturalism in tension with liberal democracy, I turn to Will Kymlicka's account of immigrant multiculturalism that resolves the potential tension between multiculturalism and liberal democracy in a liberal way. Then, I construct a normative framework of Korean multiculturalism in a way that a decent multicultural society can be established on the same public-cultural ground on which Korean democracy has matured in the past two decades.     

儒家终极关怀与思想政治教育

随着商品经济和科学技术的迅猛发展,人们的精神安顿和终极关怀的问题日益凸显.科学有效的思想政治教育是解决终极关怀问题的重要手段.在中国悠久的文化历史中,儒家形成了一整套终极关怀理论.从儒家终极关怀理论中汲取智慧,联系实际加强和改进思想政治教育,将这两方面有机地结合起来,是解决现代人终极关怀的一条有效途径.     

中华传统行刑文化与行刑制度研究

中国传统行刑文化及行刑制度与儒家传统慎刑思想有着密切的联系,蕴含于其中的合理性因素,如鼓励宽仁治狱;法、理、情相统一的囚犯教育感化制度;录囚制度等。文章旨在通过分析中国传统行刑文化价值核心及其对古代行刑制度的影响,探索其中的合理成分,为当前的行刑制度改革提供历史借鉴。     

Pygmalion in the reintegration process: Desistance from crime through the looking glass

The study of desistance from crime has come of age in recent years, and there are now several, competing theories to account for the ability of long-term offenders to abstain from criminal behavior. Most prominently, recent explanations have borrowed elements from informal social control theory, differential association theory and cognitive psychology. In the following, we argue that labeling theory may be a neglected factor in understanding the desistance process. Drawing on interview data collected as part of a study of an offender reintegration program, we illustrate how the idea of the “looking-glass self-concept” and others is a useful metaphor in understanding the process of rehabilitation or recovery in treatment programs.     

Kinship,ritual kinship and political milieus in an alpine Valley in 19th century

In my paper I will present some results about ritual kinship and political mobilization of popular groups in an alpine Valley: the Val de Bagnes, in the Swiss canton of Valais. There are two major reasons to choose the Val de Bagnes for our inquiry about social networks: the existence of sharp political and social conflicts during the 18th and the 19th century and the availability of almost systematic genealogical data between 1700 and 1900.

The starting point of my research focuses on this question: what role did kinship and ritual kinship play in the political mobilization of popular groups and in the organization of competing factions? This question allows us to shed light on some other uses and meanings of ritual kinship in the local society. Was ritual kinship a significant instrument for economic cooperation? Or was it a channel for patronage or for privileged social contacts? The analysis highlights the importance of kinship and godparentage for the building of homogeneous social and political networks.

If we consider transactions between individuals, the analysis of 19th century Val de Bagnes gives the impression of quite open networks. Men and women tried to diversify their relations in order to avoid strong dependency from powerful patrons. Nevertheless, when we consider the family networks, we can notice that most relations took place in a structured social space or a specific “milieu”, were intense contacts enhanced trust, although political allegiances and social choices were not fully predictable on the basis of such preferential patterns.

In a politically conflictual society, like 19th century Bagnes, ritual kinship interacted with kinship solidarities and ideological factors shaping dense social networks mostly based on a common political orientation. Such milieus sustained the building of political factions, which show surprising stability over time. In this sense, milieus are important factors to understand political and religious polarization in 19th century Switzerland.     

儒家文化对东亚经济发展的双重影响

东亚地区在文化传统上与儒学有着深厚的渊源关系。儒家传统作为一种文化积淀 ,已深深地影响、制约着它所辐射的国家和地区。儒家文化虽然有它的博大精深之处 ,有些道德理想和价值观念在现代化的冲击下进入和成为符合现代市场经济的观念体系 ,并在东亚经济发展的初期发挥了积极的作用 ,但就其文化模式和观念体系而言 ,它毕竟是封建社会的产物 ,其负面影响不可避免。东亚各国的经济发展既有儒家文化的内在动因 ,当然还有西方现代理性文化的影响和催发。     

法律的原典与原典的法律

中国传统文化系统普遍承认儒家的"六经"为其原典,研究法律文化应遵循其原典精神实质。武帝独尊儒术,将"五经"入学官,从此经学成为儒家的专学,五经的原典精神也就成为儒家的理论,经学思想同时成为立法的指导思想;汉儒又用经义决断疑狱,经学与法律融为一体,成为中华法系的原典。这种原典文化与刑律的完满结合由《唐律疏议》的编纂而完成。中国古代法典之所以具有如此高的水准,与参与立法者都是当时最具实力的"通识之士"、由硕儒编修有着直接关系。中国自古以来极为重视法典的修纂,其宗旨并不在于个别法条的轻重缓急,更在乎整体法典所内涵的原典精神。     

中国法制“镂之金石”传统及特质

传统金石学研究多将金石视作整体。在当今的学术研究中,金石学的研究对象却分属于不同学科,以致考古学和古文字学多关注金文,历史学研究侧重于墓志,社会史学者偏向于碑刻。这种剖裂式研究使中国法制“镂之金石”的传承特色难以彰显。本文旨在以金石学的视角,对比金石法律文献研究之优长,考察“铭金”与“刻石”法律纪事的关联,进而揭示中国法制“镂之金石”传统的“礼制”和“公政”的特质,并以此展示中国古代法制文明的别样风景。     

论依法治国和以德治国的思想渊源及其现代价值

本文论述了依法治国和以德治国相结合的治国方略 ,追溯了这一重要思想的理论渊源 ,分析了现代治国理念区别于传统治国理念之处 ,阐述了儒家道德法思想的现代价值。     

论儒学传统与当代劳动者权益保障

将儒学传统与现实的劳动者权益保障结合起来论究,不难发现,儒学传统中的相关思想内容,既可为现代社会的劳动者权益保障理论筑建民族文化传统根基,其自身又可经创新性诠释而成为劳动者权益保障理论的组成要素;并且,创新性开掘儒学传统资源,有助于建立健全、发展完善中国特色社会主义劳动者权益保障体系。