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Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State, 1894–1945

By Kyung Moon Hwang

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780520963276
DOI
10.1525/9780520963276
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8598446 bytes)
Pages
416\415
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 13:47:23

Description

The first book to explore the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula, Rationalizing Korea analyzes the state’s relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy (developmentalism), religion (secularization), education (public schooling), population (registration), and public health (disease control). Kyung Moon Hwang argues that while this formative process resulted in a more commanding and systematic state, it was also highly fragmented, socially embedded, and driven by competing, often conflicting rationalizations, including those of Confucian statecraft and legitimation. Such outcomes reflected the acute experience of imperialism, nationalism, colonialism, and other sweeping forces of the era.

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