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Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Korea : "Survival" as an Ideology of Korean Modernity.
The book deals with the influences Social Darwinism exerted upon Korea's modern ideologies in their formative period - especially nationalism - after its introduction to Korea in 1883 and before Korea's annexation by Japan in 1910. It shows that the belief in the ""survival of th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2010.
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| Colección: | Brill's Korean studies library ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The book deals with the influences Social Darwinism exerted upon Korea's modern ideologies in their formative period - especially nationalism - after its introduction to Korea in 1883 and before Korea's annexation by Japan in 1910. It shows that the belief in the ""survival of the fittest"" as the overarching cosmic and social principle constituted the main underpinning for the modernity discourses in Korea in the 1890s-1900s. Unlike the dominant ideology of traditional Korea, Neo-Confucianism, which was largely promoted by the scholar-official elite, Social Darwinism appealed to the modern in. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (267 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789004190139 9004190139 |