Confucian Traditions in East Asian Modernity: Moral Education and Economic Culture in Japan and the Four Mini-Dragons

Book Overview

How Confucian traditions have shaped styles of being modern in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore presents a particular challenge to the intellectual community. Explorations of Confucian network capitalism, meritocratic democracy, and liberal education have practical implications for a sense of self, community, economy, and polity.

Seventeen scholars, of varying fields of study, here bring their differing perspectives to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0085P53I6
• ISBN13: 9780674160873
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"