Confucianism and Modernization in East Asia
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Confucianism and Modernization in East Asia

Critical Reflections

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Confucianism and Modernization in East Asia

Critical Reflections

About this book

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, interpersonal and organizational levels. As modernization unfolds in East Asia, there is a rising interest in tradition of Confucianism and reconsider the relevance of Confucianism to global development.
This book considers the actual historical significance of Confucianism in the modernization of the three nations in this region, China, Korea, and Japan through the nineteenth century and early twentieth century to the aftermath of the end of World War II. Examining the existing literature dealing with how Confucianism has been viewed in connection with modernization, it provides insight into western attitudes towards Confucianism and the changes in perceptions relative to Asia in the very process of modernization itself.

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Table of contents

  1. Special Characters: Foreign Language Words
  2. Preface and Acknowledgments
  3. Notes on Korean and Chinese Words and Names
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. Chapter 1: Confucianism andĀ Modernization: Meta-Ā­Theoretical Discourse Analysis
  8. Chapter 2: Confucianism andĀ Modernization inĀ East Asia Compared (I): TheĀ First-Wave Modernization
  9. Chapter 3: Confucianism andĀ Modernization inĀ East Asia Compared (II): TheĀ Second-Wave Modernization
  10. Chapter 4: The Aborted Confucian Reformation inĀ Korea’s Embryonic Modernization: TheĀ Case ofĀ Chŏng Yag-yong (1762–1836)
  11. Chapter 5: Is Confucianism Still Relevant Today? Closing Reflections
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index