Questioning Science in East Asian Contexts
Subtitle: Essays on Science, Confucianism, and the Comparative History of Science
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9789004265318
Description: This book brings together twelve essays written by Yung Sik Kim addressing various questions about the social and cultural contexts of science in East Asia. Most of the essays deal with the relationship between science and Confucianism, especially the roles that Confucian thought, values, and institutions have on the development of science. Kim shows that this relationship is very complex and multifaceted, and cannot be dealt with in a simplistic manner. Kim offers comparative perspectives and discusses the problems of intercultural comparisons; he demonstrates that in spite of the potential dangers that accompany these comparisons, they should be made nonetheless as they allow for a better understanding of the situation in East Asia.