Unveiling the True Nature of Confucian Humility in the Modern Context
A Methodological Proposal for Interdisciplinary Research Combining Cultural Psychology and East Asian Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22322937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doil Kim (0000-0001-8481-210X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 0 |
| Pages | 157-179 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1598-267X • E-ISSN: 2734-1356 |
| Publisher | Institute of Confucian Philosophy and Culture (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22916/jcpc.2023..40.157 |
| OpenAlex | W4408925645 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Gratitude plays a critical role in our social lives. It helps to build and strengthen\nrelationships, and it enhances wellbeing. Gratitude is typically thought of as\ninvolving oneself having a positive feeling towards another self. But this kind\nof self-to-self gratitude seems to be at odds with the central Buddhist view that\nthere is no self. Feeling gratitude to someone for some past generosity seems\nmisplaced since there is no continuing self who both performed the generous\naction and is now the recipient of gratitude. In this paper, we explore how the\nBuddhist might respond to this problem. In response, Buddhists characterize\na kind of gratitude (anumodanā) that is not fully propositional, but nor is it a\nnotion that critically implicates the problematic concept of self. Anumodanā\n(literally rejoicing in good deeds of another) is best thought of as an expression\nof sympathetic joy (mudita) which is classified among the “sublime abidings” or\n“perfections” in Buddhism. In this paper we explain the notion of anumodanā\nand its functioning in the context of dāna (gift-giving or almsgiving in the\nBuddhist monastic context) to explain how it recovers some of the benefits of\nour ordinary reactive attitude of gratitude without implicating the self
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |