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Confucianism and Modernization in East Asia Critical Reflections /

Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries and identifying multiple waves of modernization, this book illustrates how principles originating in Chinese Confucianism have impacted the modernization of East Asia, especially in Korea. It also analyzes how such principles are exercised at personal, interperso...

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Main Author: Kyong-Dong, Kim. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Asian.
Ethnology—Asia.
Cultural studies.
Asia—Politics and government.
Non-Western Philosophy.
Asian Culture.
Cultural Studies.
Asian Politics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3626-2
Table of Contents:
  • Confucianism and Modernization: Meta-Theoretical Discourse Analysis
  • Confucianism and Modernization in East Asia Compared (I): The First Wave Modernization
  • Confucianism and Modernization in East Asia Compared (II): The Second Wave Modernization
  • The Aborted Confucian Reformation in Korea's Embryonic Modernization: The Case of Chŏng Yag-yong (1762-1836)
  • Is Confucianism Still Relevant Today? Closing Reflections.

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