Plurality Within Singularity: Chosŏn Korea’s Neo-Confucian Framework

This paper argues that while there was no singular cohesive “national identity” in the modern sense in Chosŏn Korea, the elitist Neo-Confucian framework served as a basis for establishing an overarching identity on the Korean Peninsula. Every other entity defined itself through its relationship to t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ariella Napoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-07-01
Series:The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts
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Online Access:https://www.asianetworkexchange.org/articles/337