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Wei-Bin Zhang offers an authoritative guide to the philosophy of Confucianism and its impact in the Confucian regions, covering mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam and Singapore. All, except Singapore, employed Confucianism as the state ideology before the West came to East Asia. The differences and similarities between the variety of Confucian schools are examined. The author concludes that the philosophical and ethical principles of Confucianism will assist in the industrialization and democratization of the region.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Confucianism and Modernisation
• Subtitle: Industrialization and Democratization in East Asia
• Author: W. Zhang
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 229
• EAN: 9780312224110
• ISBN: 0312224117
• ID: 02939149
• Publisher: Palgrave USA
• Weight: 455 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. May 1999

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