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Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Korea: The Beginnings (1880s-1910s): Survival as an Ideology of Korean Modernity

Social Darwinism and Nationalism in Korea: The Beginnings (1880s-1910s): Survival as an Ideology of Korean Modernity

Tikhonov, Vladimir

Hardcover

General LawGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004185038
ISBN13: 9789004185036
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jul 14 2010
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
The book deals with the influences Social Darwinism exerted upon Korea's modern ideologies in their formative period - especially nationalism - after its introduction to Korea in 1883 and before Korea's annexation by Japan in 1910. It shows that the belief in the survival of the fittest as the overarching cosmic and social principle constituted the main underpinning for the modernity discourses in Korea in the 1890s-1900s. Unlike the dominant ideology of traditional Korea, Neo-Confucianism, which was largely promoted by the scholar-official elite, Social Darwinism appealed to the modern intellectuals, but also to the entrepreneurs, providing the justification for their profit-seeking activities as part of the national survival project. As an ideology of Korea's nascent capitalism, Social Darwinism in Korea could, however, hardly be called a liberal creed: it clearly prioritized national survival over individual rights and interests.

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