Books by Guo Wu

An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism provides a new lens to revisit Confucianism. Drawing upon anthropological theories, perspectives, and empirical studies, Guo Wu argues that Confucianism is distinctive and valuable in its balancing of the three titular ideas: emotion, ritual, and rational principle in theory and in real-life.

Based on fieldwork, archival research, and interviews, this book critically examines the building of modern Chinese discourse on a unified yet diverse Chinese nation on various sites of knowledge production. It argues that Chinese ideology on minority nationalities is rooted in modern China's quest for national integration and political authority.