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<DIV><SPAN class=221462804-10022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
might suggest some of the references in my annotated research
bibliography: <EM>Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy</EM>
(Mellen, 2002). I have a section there Business and Economic Ethics in
Asia (pp. 223- 230), plus the index is fairly extensive for other topics.
There are a considerable number of sections and entries that deal with aspects
of Confucianism as well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=221462804-10022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>James
T. Bretzke</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Vladimir Tikhonov
[mailto:vladimir.tikhonov@east.uio.no]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 09,
2003 8:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[KS] Confucianism and economic development<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I am also not
sure how relevant my advice will be to your advisee's inquiry, but I would
suggest that reading some of the works by South Korean proponents of the
"Asian Values" theory might be of certain help. This group of extremely
conservative scholars - most of them,surprisingly, with American educational
credentials - suggests that what is usually identified as "social evil" in
South Korea (regionalism, culture of informal networking known as "yOnjul",
etc.) is, indeed, a valuable part of "Confucian culture", which gave Korea
some advantage over its competitors. Web page of one of them, Lew Seok-Choon
from Yonsei Un-ty (<A href="http://suny.yonsei.ac.kr/~sclew/"
eudora="autourl">http</A>://suny.yonsei.ac.kr<A
href="http://suny.yonsei.ac.kr/~sclew/" eudora="autourl">/%7Esclew/ </A>),
seems to contain some English as well. Other prominent one is Ham Chaebong (<A
href="http://polisci.yonsei.ac.kr/~cbhahm" eudora="autourl"><FONT
color=#008000><U>http://polisci.yonsei.ac.kr/%7Ecbhahm</A></FONT>)</U>.
Frankly, I would not cite their works without certain reservations because
political bias is all too obvious, but as a particular kind of
pseudo-Confucian socio-political ideology that may be of some interest as an
object for study.<BR><BR>V.Tikhonov <BR><BR>
<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>At 13:56 07.02.2003 -0700, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I am not sure how much relevance
it would have, but here is something that<BR>your advisee might find
interesting.<BR><BR>Hoyt Tillman, Business as a Vocation: The Autobiography
of Mr. Wu Ho-su.<BR>Havard University Press, 2002. This is Prof.
Tillman's translation (with an<BR>introduction and epilogue) of Huang
Chin-shing's Ban shiji de fendou: Wu<BR>Huoshi xiansheng koushu zhuanji
(Taibei: Yunchen wenhua gongsi, 1990). Mr.<BR>Wu Ho-su is a Taiwanese
businessman. Here is a short introduction from the<BR>web site of
Harvard University Press:<BR><BR>-------------------------------<BR>Wu Ho-Su
(1919-1986) pioneered business ventures ranging from cloth and<BR>synthetic
fiber industries to department stores and life insurance. This son<BR>of a
crippled former coolie began as a laborer for a Japanese<BR>cloth-importing
company in the 1930s, but eventually became a manager and<BR>then an
independent entrepreneur. Overcoming business obstacles in
Chiang<BR>Kai-shek's Nationalist-ruled Taiwan after 1945, Mr. Wu
painstakingly built<BR>Shinkong into Taiwan's sixth-largest business
enterprise by the 1980s. This<BR>account of Wu Ho-Su's life, developed by
Mr. Wu working directly with Dr.<BR>Huang Chin-shing of the Academia Sinica,
one of Taiwan's most distinguished<BR>historians, is instructive for the
lessons it offers about both business<BR>practices in East Asia and their
interplay with Confucian values. The book<BR>recounts with graphic examples
the changing role of family and other<BR>networks in Taiwan's economic
"miracle" and in the region more generally.<BR>The blend that Mr. Wu
evidenced of business acumen and concern for<BR>Confucianism, in turn,
raises broader questions of the type that scholars<BR>and businesspeople
have strenuously debated since the time of Max Weber<BR>about the
compatibility of Confucian norms and modern business
practices.<BR><BR>-----------------------------------------<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>Young
Kyun Oh<BR>Instructor of Korean<BR>Arizona State University<BR>Dept. of
Languages and Literatures<BR>(480)727-7447<BR><A
href="http://www.asu.edu/clas/dll/kor/korean.html"
eudora="autourl">http://www.asu.edu/clas/dll/kor/korean.html</A><BR><A
href="http://www.learnkorean.com/"
eudora="autourl">http://www.learnkorean.com</A><BR>----- Original Message
-----<BR>From: "Morgan Pitelka" <mpitelka@oxy.edu><BR>To:
<Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><BR>Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:17
PM<BR>Subject: [KS] Confucianism and economic
development<BR><BR><BR>><BR>> Dear Colleagues,<BR>><BR>> One of
my advisees is conducting research on the connection between<BR>>
Confucianism and economic development in postwar South Korea. He is<BR>>
interested in both practice and discourse. In other words, he is not<BR>>
assuming that the connection always exists and is important, but
rather<BR>> expects that in many examples the rhetoric of Confucianism
became a<BR>> corporate and state tool in the attempt to construct
certain kinds of<BR>> identities and encourage certain kinds of
behavior.<BR>><BR>> The problem he is encountering is a plethora of
vague references to the<BR>> Confucian-development connection
(particularly in discussions of the<BR>> chaebol) combined with a lack of
specific evidence.<BR>><BR>> Can anyone suggest materials that might
be useful in the study of this<BR>> issue? Interviews, case studies,
diaries, corporate PR, etc.? I've pasted<BR>> the basic reading list he
is working with at this point to the bottom of<BR>> this message. (I am a
specialist in East Asian premodern ceramics and<BR>> cultural history,
and thus out of my depth when it comes to modern<BR>economic<BR>>
history.)<BR>><BR>> Thanks,<BR>><BR>> Morgan<BR>><BR>>
*****************<BR>> Morgan Pitelka<BR>> Asian Studies
Department<BR>> 408 Johnson Hall<BR>> Occidental College<BR>> 1600
Campus Road<BR>> Los Angeles, CA 90041<BR>> 1-323-259-1421<BR>> <A
href="mailto:mpitelka@oxy.edu"
eudora="autourl">mailto:mpitelka@oxy.edu</A><BR>>
*****************<BR>><BR>> Amsden, Alice. Asia's Next Giant: South
Korea and Late Industrialization.<BR>> Oxford, 1989.<BR>><BR>>
Borthwick, Mark. The Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern
Pacific<BR>Asia.<BR>> Westview, 1992.<BR>><BR>> Brook, Timothy and
H.V. Luong. Culture and Economy: The Shaping of<BR>> Capitalism in
Eastern Asia. Michigan, 1997.<BR>><BR>> Chung Kae H. and H.C. Lee.
Korean Managerial Dynamics. Praeger, 1989.<BR>><BR>> Cummings, Bruce.
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. Norton, 1997.<BR>><BR>>
Das, Dilip K. Korean Economic Dynamism. St. Martin's Press,
1992.<BR>><BR>> Kim, Eun M. Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and
Conflict in South<BR>> Korean Development, 1960-1990. State University of
New York, 1997<BR>><BR>> Steers, Richard M. Made in Korea: Chung Ju
Yung and the Rise of Hyundai.<BR>> Routledge, 1999.<BR>><BR>> Tai,
Hung-chao. Confucianism and Economic Development: An Oriental<BR>>
Alternative? Washington Institute Press, 1989.<BR>><BR>> Ungson,
Gerardo R., R.M. Steers, and S.H. Park. Korean Enterprise:
The<BR>Quest<BR>> for Globalization. Harvard Business School,
1997.<BR>><BR>><BR>></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP>Vladimir Tikhonov,<BR>Department of East European and Oriental
Studies,<BR>Faculty of Arts,<BR>University of Oslo,<BR>P.b. 1030, Blindern,
0315, Oslo, Norway.<BR>Fax: 47-22854140; Tel: 47-22857118<BR>Personal web
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