Mr. Palais theorizes in his important book on Korea that the remarkable longevity of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910) was related to the difficulties the country experienced in adapting to the modern world. He suggests that the aristocratic and hierarchical social system, which was the source of stability of the dynasty, was also the cause of its weakness. The period from 1864 to 1873 was one in which the monarchy attempted to increase and expand central power at the expense of the powerful aristocracy. But the effort failed, and 1874 saw a rebirth of bureaucratic and aristocratic dominance. What this meant when Korea was "opened" two years later to the outside world was that the country was poorly suited to the attainment of modern national objectives--the aggrandizement of state wealth and power--in competition with other nations. Thus any sense of national purpose was subverted, and the leadership could not generate the unified support needed for either modernization or domestic harmony. The consequences for the twentieth-century world have been portentous.
發表於2024-11-17
Politics and Policy in Traditional Korea 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
圖書標籤: 韓國近現代史 曆史學
用詞艱深,細節過多,觀點過激,讀起來太費勁
評分Palais concludes that the Korean monarch exists as a first among equals and political power is distributed and diffused to a land-holding aristocratic class to such an extent that a centrally directed, top-down reform program was almost impossible to be formed, let alone to be implemented.
評分Palais concludes that the Korean monarch exists as a first among equals and political power is distributed and diffused to a land-holding aristocratic class to such an extent that a centrally directed, top-down reform program was almost impossible to be formed, let alone to be implemented.
評分用詞艱深,細節過多,觀點過激,讀起來太費勁
評分用詞艱深,細節過多,觀點過激,讀起來太費勁
Politics and Policy in Traditional Korea 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載