Modernities in Northeast Asia

To form a truer portrait of Northeast Asian perspectives on modernity, this book presents a broad range of analyses from philosophical and political-philosophical scholars specializing in the region.

Autorentext

Jun-Hyeok Kwak is Professor of Philosophy (Zhuhai) at Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Ken Cheng taught at the School of International Studies at Sun Yat-Sen University (Zhuhai), China, from 2020 to 2023.

Inhalt

Part 1: General Overview 1. Introduction: Modernities in Northeast Asia Part 2: Modernity and Tradition 2. Equality and Nationality: the Emergence of Modern Identity Politics 3. China and the Production of its Own Hybridic Modernity Part 3: Embracing and Resisting Modernity 4. The Meanings of the 1919 Moment in China: Sovereignty, Connectivity, and National Awakening 5. Marginalized Science of Modernity: Statistics and Building a Nation-State Without Knowing Oneself 6. Donghak, Confucianism, and the Porous Nature of Modernity in Late Joseon Korea Part 4: Redefining Modernities 7. Modernity Before Its Time: China's Zhou-Qin Transition (770-221 B.C.E.) as an Early Modernization 8. How Tradition Informs Chinese Modernity: A Progressive Conservative Perspective 9. Multiple Dialogues over Modernity: Considerations on Maruyama Masao's Political Thought 10. Competing Modernities in Colony and Metropol: The Establishment of the Police System in Meiji Japan