Social Darwinism and nationalism in Korea
Subtitle: the beginnings (1880s-1910s) : "survival" as an ideology of Korean modernity
By: by Vladimir Tikhonov
Series: Brill's Korean studies library -- 2
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004185036
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Social Darwinism and the ambivalences of modernity; title: Social Darwinist pioneers: the cases of Yu Kiljun and Yun Ch'iho; title: Social Darwinism for the public: Tongnip Sinmun (the Independent) and the popularization of Social Darwinism in the 1890s; title: Salvation of the state and race: Social Darwinism at the dawn of the twentieth century; title: Survival, God and Buddha: Social Darwinism in the Buddhist context; title: Knowledge is strength: social Darwinism in pre-colonial education; title: Muscular nationalism at the dawn of the new century: Social Darwinism as an ideology of hegemonic masculinity; title: Conclusion: the influences of social Darwinism in Korea (1900s and after).