Korea : outline of a civilisation / by Kenneth M. Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, Kenneth M., 1953- author.

Series:

Brill's Korean studies library ; v. 4.

Brill's Korean Studies Library ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change.

History.

Social conditions.

Civilization.

Korea--Civilization--Outlines, syllabi, etc.

Korea.

Korea--Social conditions--Outlines, syllabi, etc.

Social change--Korea--History--Outlines, syllabi, etc.

Genre:

Outlines and syllabi.

Physical Description:

xv, 327 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

"This outline of Korea's civilisation is a cultural history that examines the ways the Korean people over the past two millennia understood the world and viewed their place in society. In the traditional era, the interaction between several broad religious and philosophical traditions and social institutions, state interests and, at times, external pressures, provides the framework of the story. In the modern era, the chief concern is with the rapid and momentous cultural changes that have occurred over the past one and a half centuries in the idea and spread of education, the rise in influence of students, the development of mass culture, the redefinition of gender, and the continuing importance of religion"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Political chronology of the Korean peninsula

From tribes to monarchies

Buddhism, Confucianism and the people

The grand tradition I : the pillars of orthodoxy

The grand tradition II : the other side of orthodoxy

The tradition under siege

The nation in question

A nation divided, 1945-1990

Civilisation, North and South, 1945-1990s

Unfinished business

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004299719

9004299718

OCLC:

911019876