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Japanese confucianism : a cultural history / Kiri Paramore, Leiden University, the Netherlands

Paramore, Kiri [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

First published

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016

xix, 231 Seiten : Illustrationen

Englisch

Introduction; 1. Confucianism as cultural capital: mid-first millennium AD - late sixteenth century AD; 2. Confucianism as religion, 1580s-1720s; 3. Confucianism as public sphere, 1720s-1868; 4. Confucianism as knowledge, 1400s-1800s; 5. Confucianism as liberalism, 1850s-1890s; 6. Confucianism as Fascism, 1868-1945; 7. Confucianism as taboo, 1945-2015

"Includes bibliographical references and index"

978-1-107-63568-5 ( : paperback); 978-1-107-05865-1 ( : hardback)

2016004898

OCoLC: 944850300     

OCoLC: 944850300 (aus SWB)     

LB 46450  | NK 3500      Ähnliche Literatur

BL1843

181/.12

Basisklassifikation: 11.87 (Chinesische Religionen) ; 15.80 (Japan) <Geschichte> ; 08.10 (Nichtwestliche Philosophie: Allgemeines)

SSG-Nummer(n): 6,25

*Japan ; Konfuzianismus ; Geschichte 284-2015     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Confucianism -- Japan ; Japan -- Civilization

"The book demonstrates the processes through which Confucianism was historically linked to other phenomenon, such as the rise of modern science and East Asian liberalism. In doing so it offers new perspectives on the sociology of Confucianism and its impact on society, culture and politics across East Asia, past and present"--

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"For more than 1500 years, Confucianism has played a major role in shaping Japan's history - from the formation of the first Japanese states during the first millennium AD, to Japan's modernization in the nineteenth century, to World War II and its still unresolved legacies across East Asia today. In an illuminating and provocative new study, Kiri Paramore analyses the dynamic history of Japanese Confucianism, revealing its many cultural manifestations, as religion and as a political tool, and as social capital and public discourse, as well as its role in international relations and statecraft. The book demonstrates the processes through which Confucianism was historically linked to other phenomenon, such as the rise of modern science and East Asian liberalism. In doing so, it offers new perspectives on the sociology of Confucianism and its impact on society, culture and politics across East Asia, past and present"--