Intellectuals and the state : the resilience and decline of Neo-Confucianism as state ideology in Joseon Korea

This dissertation attempts to revaluate the role of Neo-Confucianism in the historical development of the Joseon dynasty, in particular in relation to the eighteenth and the early nineteenth century. Japanese imperialist historians wanted to justify their colonization by emphasizing the backwardness...

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Main Author: Song, Sun Kwan
Published: SOAS, University of London 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.665069