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The East Asian Region: Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Adaptation

Hardback

Main Details

Title The East Asian Region: Confucian Heritage and Its Modern Adaptation
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Gilbert Rozman
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreNon-western philosophy
Confucianism
ISBN/Barcode 9780691635309
ClassificationsDewey:181.112
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

The contributors to this volume range over 2,000 years of history as they show how Confucian values spread throughout the region in premodern times and how these values were transformed in an age of modernization. The introduction by Gilbert Rozman discusses the special character of East Asia. In Part I Patricia Ebrey analyzes the Confucianization

Reviews

"[An] informative volume of immense sweep ... brimming with ideas... Its call for regional studies is most welcome; one hopes it will be followed by other works as sensitive to the complexities and ambiguities of history and society."--Conrad Schirokauer, The Journal of Asian Studies "A thought-provoking book that repays close study."--Wolf Mendl, Pacific Review "These distinguished essays make a major contribution to the debate over how Confucianism has affected East Asian modernization."--Orbis