Harmony in Contemporary New Confucianism and in Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.

This article has two main subjects. First, it examines the movement called "Contemporary New Confucianism," as philosophical thought and as an ideological force in China, in possible competition with both autochthonous Socialism and Western Liberalism, and as a polyvalent means of communication that seeks to stand out as genuinely Chinese within a plural and global context. Second, it analyses the project of the Chinese Communist Party of "building a harmonious socialist society" within the framework of "Socialism with Chinese characteristics." In the interrelated results of the analysis of these two subjects of study lies the final objective of this paper: to evaluate the extent of the concept "harmony" as an overlapping field in China between traditional Confucian values, rediscovered in and adapted to the twenty-first century--representing contemporary New Confucianism--and official socialist values, redesigned since the process of "reform and opening up"--representing "Socialism with Chinese characteristics." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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