Confucianism and the Family

Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0791437361 
ISBN 13
9780791437360 
Category
200-299 Religion  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1998 
Pages
406 
Subject
Confucianism -- Asia. Families -- Asia. Asia -- Social life and customs. 
Abstract

"The family is central to societies that have been profoundly influenced by the Confucian, and later, Neo-Confucian mandate. This book examines the nature of family continuities and the internal family social and psychological dynamics in societies that comprise the Confucian core of Asia, namely China (including Taiwan), Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Singapore. Confucian ideas are discussed from diverse perspectives: religion, philosophy, and history; anthropology and sociology; psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry. Both ..."--Publisher description. 
Biblio Notes

Named Person: Čubrilović, Familie : 19. Jh.-
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Walter H Slote; George A De Vos
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Walter H Slote

ISBN: 0791437353 9780791437353 0791437361 9780791437360
OCLC Number: 37220876
Description: xiv, 391 pages ; 24 cm
Contents: Confucius and Confucianism / Wei-Ming Tu --
Psychocultural dynamics within the Confucian family / Walter H. Slote --
Confucianism in comparative context / Francis L.K. Hsu --
The Korean adoption of neo-Confucianism: the social context / John Duncan --
The Confucian incursion into Vietnam / Nguyen Ngoc Huy --
A Japanese legacy of Confucian thought / George A. De Vos --
Probing the "three bonds" and "five relationships" in Confucian humanism / Wei-Ming Tu --
The orthodox Chinese Confucian social paradigm versus Vietnamese individualism / Stephen B. Young --
Psychocultural features of ancestor worship in modern Korean society / Dawnhee Yim --
Male dominance and mother power: the two sides of Confucian patriarchy in Korea / Haejoang Cho --
Confucian gender role and personal fulfillment for Japanese women / Takie Sugiyama Lebra --
Confucianism and the Chinese family in Singapore: continuities and changes / Eddie C. Kuo --
Confucian tradition in the contemporary Korean family / Kwang Kyu Lee --
Filial piety in Taiwanese popular thought / David K. Jordan --
Mental illness in its Confucian context / Bou-Yong Rhi --
Destiny and determination: psychocultural reinforcement in Vietnam / Walter H. Slote --
Confucian family socialization: the religion, morality, and aesthetics of propriety / George A. De Vos.
Series Title: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Responsibility: edited by Walter H. Slote and George A. De Vos.  
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