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SUMMARY:The Tension Between Necessity and Ethics: The Development of Confu
 cian Political Thought of Chosŏn Korea - Choong-yeol Kim
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CONTACT:Dr Anke Plagnol
DESCRIPTION:The nineteenth century was a period through which nations in E
 ast Asia experienced a great transformation in the wake of the encroachmen
 t of Western powers. China\, Korea and Japan displayed different abilities
  in meeting these challenges. Focusing on the case of Korea\, I examine wh
 y Korea failed to adapt quickly by tracing the history of Confucian politi
 cal thought of Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910). The Confusion political thought 
 of Chosŏn was preoccupied with ethics\, reinforcing and reinforced by the
  hierarchical and stable society.  Taking the concepts of ‘political eth
 ics’ versus ‘political necessity’ as my framework\, I review this 50
 0 year period leading up to the failure of Korea in dealing with the weste
 rn challenges. 
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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