Culture And The State In Late Choson Korea

Download or read book Culture and the State in Late Chosŏn Korea written by JaHyun Kim Haboush and published by Harvard Univ Asia Center. This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the late 16th through the 19th century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Choson state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and popular religions. It counters the static view of the Korean Confucian state and elucidates its relationship to the wider Confucian community and religious groups.