[KS] Re: Koreanstudies digest, Vol 1 #523 - 3 msgs
Michael Robinson
mrobinso at indiana.edu
Mon Feb 10 18:12:09 EST 2003
Dear Professor Hahm:
I read with interest your posting on Neo-Confucianism and its influences on
Korean society. But I'm a bit bewildered by your assertion that Koreans
have only recently absorbed the value (concept) of private property. I'm
sure the elite land owning class of Choson understood the issue of my
property and yours. And this would go for anyone else who was lucky enough
to own landAs for the last 50 years of reform fever. I would push such
fervorback to the late 19th century. Certainly the debate over the obvious
changes occurring in Korean society go back to before the 1910 divide.
Indeed it started with a fairly outright and unanimous denunciation of the
evils of Confucianism....most evils of which were not part of Confucianism
in the first place. This brings me to a last point. As Confucianism has
operated as an important reference point in Korean society for the last 400
years or so, how is it now possible to extract a Confucian value or its
"influence" on another valuewhen it has become so inextricably woven in with
other ideas and values for such a long period. Just because the parlance of
some important interpersonal and spiritual constructs are from the Confucian
canon doesn't make them a purely Confucian expression as syncretized in
Korean society over half a millennium.
Mike Robinson.
----- Original Message -----
From: "HAHM Chaibong" <cbhahm at yonsei.ac.kr>
To: <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:04 AM
Subject: [KS] Re: Koreanstudies digest, Vol 1 #523 - 3 msgs
> As one of the "extremely conservative" scholars with "all too obivous"
> "political bias" that Mr. Tikhonov mentions, I felt complelled to reply.
> That Korea is still greatly influenced by Neo-Confucianism (Sungli-hak or
> Chuja-hak) is the obvious starting point of my own inquiries into Korean
> politics, society, and culture. That Confucianism has influenced Korea's
> economic and political development should not be news to anyone either. A
> corollary of this is that Koreans were not imbued with the values of
> "private property," "individual rights," and "democracy," from the
> beginning. In fact, such values and the institutions that nurture and
> support them were only introduced to the Korean scene in the past 50 years
> or so. Given this, it should also be obvious that Koreans who effected
the
> enormous economic and political transformation of the past half a century
> grew up in the traditional "Confucian" milieu and based their political,
> economic, and social behavior on Confucian values, tenets, and
institutions.
>
> Explaining South Korea's political and economic rise, then is tantamount
to
> explaining how Confucian values and institutions operated as "functional
> equivalents" or substitutes for the values and institutions of democracy
and
> the free market which she lacked at the start of her great transformation.
> This is where the institutions of Confucian family and "yonjul" (affective
> networks), among other things, come into play. Whether one approves of
such
> institutions in the present, past, or the future, is beside the point.
What
> I am trying to do is to understand what happened. In my view, ignoring
the
> role that Confucianism played, again, whether one approves of it or not,
is
> to paint an incomplete picture.
>
> Today, South Korea is the in the throes of "reform" fever. In fact, calls
> for "reforms" have been a permanent part of the Korean political and
> economic landscape for the past 50 years. This shows that Koreans
themselves
> were never under the illusion that the institutions and practices that
they
> have adopted were "perfect" or "ideal," be they Confucian, democratic, or
> capitalist. In fact, they always thought it was "corrupt" and
"inefficient."
> The beauty of it is that they produced astonishing results despite the
> internal and external criticism. Again, this is in no way to justify them
> or to call for their continued use in the future. It is only to give an
> "objective" and "accurate" description of what happened.
>
> The intellectually challenging part of expalining South Korean politics
and
> economy lies precisely in the fact that a country that had such meager
> resources, natural, historical, or intellectual, to meet the challenges of
> industrialization and democratization, have succeeded to the degree that
it
> has. The role of Confucianism is an integral and fascinating part of the
> story that we need to tell.
>
> Of course, both personally and intellectually, I think there are facets of
> Confucianism that are still of great value and relevance to the modern
> world. But, that is another story.
>
> HAHM Chaibong
> Professor, Department of Political Science, Yonsei University, Seoul,
> 120-749 Korea
> Adjunct Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University
(Spring,
> 2003)
> Visiting Professor, Departement of East Asian Studies, Princeton
University
> (Spring, 2003)
> Tel: US 703-850-3293 (until August 31, 2003)
> Email: cbhahm at yonsei.ac.kr
>
> The following is a partial list of my writings in English that deal with
> this theme. Some of these can be downloaded from my webpage that Mr.
> Tikhonov so kindly referred you to.
>
> "The Family v. the Individual: The Politics of Family Law in Korea,"
Daniel
> A. Bell & Hahm Chaibong eds., Confucianism for the Modern World
(Cambridge:
> Cambridge University Press, 2003, forthcoming)
>
> "Why Asian Values?", Korea Journal, Vol. 41, No. 2, Summer, 2001, pp.
> 265-274.
>
>
>
> “Confucian Rituals and the Technology of the Self: A Foucaultian
> Interpretation,” Philosophy East and West, Vol. 51, No. 3, July 2001.
>
>
>
> "Postmodernism in the Post-Confucian Context: Epistemological and
Political
> Considerations,” Human Studies 24:29-44, 2001
>
>
>
> “How the East was Won: Orientalism and the New Confucian Discourse in
East
> Asia,” Development and Society, Vol. 29, No. 1, June 2000, pp. 97-109.
>
>
>
> "Confucianism and Western Rights: Conflict or Harmony?” Responsive
> Community, Winter 1999/2000, Vol. 10, Issue 1.
>
>
>
> "The Cultural Challenge to Individualism,” Journal of Democracy, January,
> Vol. 11, No. 1, 200, pp. 127-134.
>
>
>
> "Democratic Reform and Consolidation in South Korea: The Promise of
> Democracy,” (co-author, Rhyu Sang-young), Moon Chung-in and Mo Jongryn,
> eds., Democratization and Globalization in Korea: Assessments and
Prospects
> (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 1999.)
>
>
>
> "The Post-Confucian State and Economic Development,” Law in a Changing
> World: Asian Alternatives, Morigiwa Yasutomo, ed. (Stuttgart: Franz
Steiner
> Verlag, 1998)
>
>
>
> "The Confucian Tradition and Economic Reform in South Korea,” in Jongryn
> Mo, Chung-in Moon eds., Democracy and the Korean Economy (Stanford: Hoover
> Institution Press, 1998.)
>
>
>
> The Clash of Civilizations Revisited: A Confucian Perspective,” in Selim
> Rashid ed., The Clash of Civilizations?: Asian Responses (Dhaka,
Bangladesh:
> The University Press Limited, 1997.)
>
>
>
> "The Confucian Political Discourse and the Politics of Reform in Korea,”
> Korea Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 65-77.
>
>
>
>
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> > 1. Re: Confucianism and economic development (Vladimir Tikhonov)
> > 2. RE: Confucianism and economic development (A bibliographic s
> > uggestion) (Bretzke, James)
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 17:25:54 +0100
> > To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> > From: Vladimir Tikhonov <vladimir.tikhonov at east.uio.no>
> > Subject: Re: [KS] Confucianism and economic development
> > Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
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> >
> > 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
> > (http://suny.yonsei.ac.kr/%7Esclew/ ), seems to contain some English as
> > well. Other prominent one is Ham Chaebong
> > (http://polisci.yonsei.ac.kr/%7Ecbhahm). 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.
> >
> > V.Tikhonov
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 13:56 07.02.2003 -0700, you wrote:
> > >I am not sure how much relevance it would have, but here is something
> that
> > >your advisee might find interesting.
> > >
> > >Hoyt Tillman, Business as a Vocation: The Autobiography of Mr. Wu
Ho-su.
> > >Havard University Press, 2002. This is Prof. Tillman's translation
(with
> an
> > >introduction and epilogue) of Huang Chin-shing's Ban shiji de fendou:
Wu
> > >Huoshi xiansheng koushu zhuanji (Taibei: Yunchen wenhua gongsi, 1990).
> Mr.
> > >Wu Ho-su is a Taiwanese businessman. Here is a short introduction from
> the
> > >web site of Harvard University Press:
> > >
> > >-------------------------------
> > >Wu Ho-Su (1919-1986) pioneered business ventures ranging from cloth and
> > >synthetic fiber industries to department stores and life insurance.
This
> son
> > >of a crippled former coolie began as a laborer for a Japanese
> > >cloth-importing company in the 1930s, but eventually became a manager
and
> > >then an independent entrepreneur. Overcoming business obstacles in
Chiang
> > >Kai-shek's Nationalist-ruled Taiwan after 1945, Mr. Wu painstakingly
> built
> > >Shinkong into Taiwan's sixth-largest business enterprise by the 1980s.
> This
> > >account of Wu Ho-Su's life, developed by Mr. Wu working directly with
Dr.
> > >Huang Chin-shing of the Academia Sinica, one of Taiwan's most
> distinguished
> > >historians, is instructive for the lessons it offers about both
business
> > >practices in East Asia and their interplay with Confucian values. The
> book
> > >recounts with graphic examples the changing role of family and other
> > >networks in Taiwan's economic "miracle" and in the region more
generally.
> > >The blend that Mr. Wu evidenced of business acumen and concern for
> > >Confucianism, in turn, raises broader questions of the type that
scholars
> > >and businesspeople have strenuously debated since the time of Max Weber
> > >about the compatibility of Confucian norms and modern business
practices.
> > >
> > >-----------------------------------------
> > >
> > >Best,
> > >
> > >Young Kyun Oh
> > >Instructor of Korean
> > >Arizona State University
> > >Dept. of Languages and Literatures
> > >(480)727-7447
> > >http://www.asu.edu/clas/dll/kor/korean.html
> > >http://www.learnkorean.com
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Morgan Pitelka" <mpitelka at oxy.edu>
> > >To: <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:17 PM
> > >Subject: [KS] Confucianism and economic development
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear Colleagues,
> > > >
> > > > One of my advisees is conducting research on the connection between
> > > > Confucianism and economic development in postwar South Korea. He is
> > > > interested in both practice and discourse. In other words, he is not
> > > > assuming that the connection always exists and is important, but
> rather
> > > > expects that in many examples the rhetoric of Confucianism became a
> > > > corporate and state tool in the attempt to construct certain kinds
of
> > > > identities and encourage certain kinds of behavior.
> > > >
> > > > The problem he is encountering is a plethora of vague references to
> the
> > > > Confucian-development connection (particularly in discussions of the
> > > > chaebol) combined with a lack of specific evidence.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone suggest materials that might be useful in the study of
this
> > > > issue? Interviews, case studies, diaries, corporate PR, etc.? I've
> pasted
> > > > the basic reading list he is working with at this point to the
bottom
> of
> > > > this message. (I am a specialist in East Asian premodern ceramics
and
> > > > cultural history, and thus out of my depth when it comes to modern
> > >economic
> > > > history.)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Morgan
> > > >
> > > > *****************
> > > > Morgan Pitelka
> > > > Asian Studies Department
> > > > 408 Johnson Hall
> > > > Occidental College
> > > > 1600 Campus Road
> > > > Los Angeles, CA 90041
> > > > 1-323-259-1421
> > > > mailto:mpitelka at oxy.edu
> > > > *****************
> > > >
> > > > Amsden, Alice. Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late
> Industrialization.
> > > > Oxford, 1989.
> > > >
> > > > Borthwick, Mark. The Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern
Pacific
> > >Asia.
> > > > Westview, 1992.
> > > >
> > > > Brook, Timothy and H.V. Luong. Culture and Economy: The Shaping of
> > > > Capitalism in Eastern Asia. Michigan, 1997.
> > > >
> > > > Chung Kae H. and H.C. Lee. Korean Managerial Dynamics. Praeger,
1989.
> > > >
> > > > Cummings, Bruce. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. Norton,
> 1997.
> > > >
> > > > Das, Dilip K. Korean Economic Dynamism. St. Martin's Press, 1992.
> > > >
> > > > Kim, Eun M. Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in
> South
> > > > Korean Development, 1960-1990. State University of New York, 1997
> > > >
> > > > Steers, Richard M. Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of
> Hyundai.
> > > > Routledge, 1999.
> > > >
> > > > Tai, Hung-chao. Confucianism and Economic Development: An Oriental
> > > > Alternative? Washington Institute Press, 1989.
> > > >
> > > > Ungson, Gerardo R., R.M. Steers, and S.H. Park. Korean Enterprise:
The
> > >Quest
> > > > for Globalization. Harvard Business School, 1997.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Vladimir Tikhonov,
> > Department of East European and Oriental Studies,
> > Faculty of Arts,
> > University of Oslo,
> > P.b. 1030, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway.
> > Fax: 47-22854140; Tel: 47-22857118
> > Personal web page:
> > http://www.geocities.com/volodyatikhonov/volodyatikhonov.html
> > Electronic classrooms: East Asian/Korean Society and Politics:
> >
http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2002/main.html
> > East Asian/Korean Religion and Philosophy:
> >
> http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2003/classroom.html
> >
> > ----------
> >
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> > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >
> > <html>
> > 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=3D"http://suny.yonsei.ac.kr/~sclew/"=
> > eudora=3D"autourl">http</a>://suny.yonsei.ac.kr<a=
> > href=3D"http://suny.yonsei.ac.kr/~sclew/" eudora=3D"autourl">/%7Esclew/
> > </a>), seems to contain some English as well. Other prominent one is Ham
> > Chaebong
> > (<a href=3D"http://polisci.yonsei.ac.kr/~cbhahm"
eudora=3D"autourl"><font
> co=
> >
lor=3D"#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 type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>I am not sure how much
relevance
> i=
> > t
> > 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=20
> > 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=3D"http://www.asu.edu/clas/dll/kor/korean.html"=
> > eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.asu.edu/clas/dll/kor/korean.html</a><br>
> > <a href=3D"http://www.learnkorean.com/"=
> > eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.learnkorean.com</a><br>
> > ----- Original Message -----<br>
> > From: "Morgan Pitelka" <mpitelka at oxy.edu><br>
> > To: <Koreanstudies at 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=3D"mailto:mpitelka at oxy.edu"=
> > eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:mpitelka at 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 page:
> > <a href=3D"http://www.geocities.com/volodyatikhonov/volodyatikhonov.html
"=
> >
>
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> > Message: 2
> > From: "Bretzke, James" <JBRETZKE at JSTB.EDU>
> > To: "'Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws'" <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> > Subject: RE: [KS] Confucianism and economic development (A bibliographic
s
> > uggestion)
> > Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 20:15:07 -0800
> > Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> >
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> > I might suggest some of the references in my annotated research
> > bibliography: Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy
(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.
> >
> > James T. Bretzke
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vladimir Tikhonov [mailto:vladimir.tikhonov at east.uio.no]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 8:26 AM
> > To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> > Subject: Re: [KS] Confucianism and economic development
> >
> >
> > 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 ( http
> > <http://suny.yonsei.ac.kr/~sclew/> ://suny.yonsei.ac.kr /%7Esclew/
> > <http://suny.yonsei.ac.kr/~sclew/> ), seems to contain some English as
> well.
> > Other prominent one is Ham Chaebong (
> <http://polisci.yonsei.ac.kr/~cbhahm>
> > http://polisci.yonsei.ac.kr/%7Ecbhahm). 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.
> >
> > V.Tikhonov
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 13:56 07.02.2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am not sure how much relevance it would have, but here is something
that
> > your advisee might find interesting.
> >
> > Hoyt Tillman, Business as a Vocation: The Autobiography of Mr. Wu Ho-su.
> > Havard University Press, 2002. This is Prof. Tillman's translation
(with
> an
> > introduction and epilogue) of Huang Chin-shing's Ban shiji de fendou: Wu
> > Huoshi xiansheng koushu zhuanji (Taibei: Yunchen wenhua gongsi, 1990).
> Mr.
> > Wu Ho-su is a Taiwanese businessman. Here is a short introduction from
> the
> > web site of Harvard University Press:
> >
> > -------------------------------
> > Wu Ho-Su (1919-1986) pioneered business ventures ranging from cloth and
> > synthetic fiber industries to department stores and life insurance. This
> son
> > of a crippled former coolie began as a laborer for a Japanese
> > cloth-importing company in the 1930s, but eventually became a manager
and
> > then an independent entrepreneur. Overcoming business obstacles in
Chiang
> > Kai-shek's Nationalist-ruled Taiwan after 1945, Mr. Wu painstakingly
built
> > Shinkong into Taiwan's sixth-largest business enterprise by the 1980s.
> This
> > account of Wu Ho-Su's life, developed by Mr. Wu working directly with
Dr.
> > Huang Chin-shing of the Academia Sinica, one of Taiwan's most
> distinguished
> > historians, is instructive for the lessons it offers about both business
> > practices in East Asia and their interplay with Confucian values. The
book
> > recounts with graphic examples the changing role of family and other
> > networks in Taiwan's economic "miracle" and in the region more
generally.
> > The blend that Mr. Wu evidenced of business acumen and concern for
> > Confucianism, in turn, raises broader questions of the type that
scholars
> > and businesspeople have strenuously debated since the time of Max Weber
> > about the compatibility of Confucian norms and modern business
practices.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Young Kyun Oh
> > Instructor of Korean
> > Arizona State University
> > Dept. of Languages and Literatures
> > (480)727-7447
> > http://www.asu.edu/clas/dll/kor/korean.html
> > <http://www.asu.edu/clas/dll/kor/korean.html>
> > http://www.learnkorean.com <http://www.learnkorean.com/>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Morgan Pitelka" <mpitelka at oxy.edu>
> > To: <Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:17 PM
> > Subject: [KS] Confucianism and economic development
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Dear Colleagues,
> > >
> > > One of my advisees is conducting research on the connection between
> > > Confucianism and economic development in postwar South Korea. He is
> > > interested in both practice and discourse. In other words, he is not
> > > assuming that the connection always exists and is important, but
rather
> > > expects that in many examples the rhetoric of Confucianism became a
> > > corporate and state tool in the attempt to construct certain kinds of
> > > identities and encourage certain kinds of behavior.
> > >
> > > The problem he is encountering is a plethora of vague references to
the
> > > Confucian-development connection (particularly in discussions of the
> > > chaebol) combined with a lack of specific evidence.
> > >
> > > Can anyone suggest materials that might be useful in the study of this
> > > issue? Interviews, case studies, diaries, corporate PR, etc.? I've
> pasted
> > > the basic reading list he is working with at this point to the bottom
of
> > > this message. (I am a specialist in East Asian premodern ceramics and
> > > cultural history, and thus out of my depth when it comes to modern
> > economic
> > > history.)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Morgan
> > >
> > > *****************
> > > Morgan Pitelka
> > > Asian Studies Department
> > > 408 Johnson Hall
> > > Occidental College
> > > 1600 Campus Road
> > > Los Angeles, CA 90041
> > > 1-323-259-1421
> > > mailto:mpitelka at oxy.edu <mailto:mpitelka at oxy.edu>
> > > *****************
> > >
> > > Amsden, Alice. Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late
> Industrialization.
> > > Oxford, 1989.
> > >
> > > Borthwick, Mark. The Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific
> > Asia.
> > > Westview, 1992.
> > >
> > > Brook, Timothy and H.V. Luong. Culture and Economy: The Shaping of
> > > Capitalism in Eastern Asia. Michigan, 1997.
> > >
> > > Chung Kae H. and H.C. Lee. Korean Managerial Dynamics. Praeger, 1989.
> > >
> > > Cummings, Bruce. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. Norton,
> 1997.
> > >
> > > Das, Dilip K. Korean Economic Dynamism. St. Martin's Press, 1992.
> > >
> > > Kim, Eun M. Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in
South
> > > Korean Development, 1960-1990. State University of New York, 1997
> > >
> > > Steers, Richard M. Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of
Hyundai.
> > > Routledge, 1999.
> > >
> > > Tai, Hung-chao. Confucianism and Economic Development: An Oriental
> > > Alternative? Washington Institute Press, 1989.
> > >
> > > Ungson, Gerardo R., R.M. Steers, and S.H. Park. Korean Enterprise: The
> > Quest
> > > for Globalization. Harvard Business School, 1997.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Vladimir Tikhonov,
> > Department of East European and Oriental Studies,
> > Faculty of Arts,
> > University of Oslo,
> > P.b. 1030, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway.
> > Fax: 47-22854140; Tel: 47-22857118
> > Personal web page:
> > http://www.geocities.com/volodyatikhonov/volodyatikhonov.html
> > <http://www.geocities.com/volodyatikhonov/volodyatikhonov.html>
> > Electronic classrooms: East Asian/Korean Society and Politics:
> > http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2002/main.
> > <http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2002/main.html> html
> > <http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2002/main.html>
> > East Asian/Korean Religion and Philosophy:
> > http://
> > <http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2003/classroom.html>
> www.geocities.com
> > /uioeastasia2003/classroom.html
> > <http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2003/classroom.html>
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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>
> > <DIV><SPAN class=221462804-10022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
> > <DIV><SPAN class=221462804-10022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> size=2>James
> > T. Bretzke</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
> > <BLOCKQUOTE>
> > <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
> > size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Vladimir Tikhonov
> > [mailto:vladimir.tikhonov at east.uio.no]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday,
February
> 09,
> > 2003 8:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Koreanstudies at 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 at oxy.edu><BR>To:
> > <Koreanstudies at 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 at oxy.edu"
> > eudora="autourl">mailto:mpitelka at 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
> > page: <A
> href="http://www.geocities.com/volodyatikhonov/volodyatikhonov.html"
> >
>
eudora="autourl">http://www.geocities.com/volodyatikhonov/volodyatikhonov.ht
> ml</A><BR>Electronic
> > classrooms: East Asian/Korean Society and
> >
>
Politics:<BR> &nb
> sp;
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> > href="http://www.geocities.com/uioeastasia2002/main.html"
> >
>
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