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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jun-Hyeok Cheng Kwak
• Assisted by: Cheng Ken (Editor), Kwak Jun-Hyeok (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032505626
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250562-6
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Political Theories in East Asian Context
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Asian History