Undergraduate Honors Theses
Thesis Defended
Spring 2019
Document Type
Thesis
Type of Thesis
Departmental Honors
Department
Asian Studies
First Advisor
Katherine Alexander
Second Advisor
Tim Weston
Third Advisor
Evelyn Shih
Abstract
Decades after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) demonized Confucianism as a backwards philosophy, Confucianism has once again become popular in Chinese political culture and society. This paper investigates how the president of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, is using Confucian rhetoric to legitimize himself and the CCP. The paper explores the Chinese people's search for a national moral identity, the resurgence of Confucianism, and finally examines the speech Xi gave on the 40th Anniversary of the Reforms and Opening-up.
Recommended Citation
Zoglmann, Makenna, "Xi Jinping and Confucianism: Legitimacy and a National Moral Identity" (2019). Undergraduate Honors Theses. 1868.
https://scholar.colorado.edu/honr_theses/1868
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