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Under the Ancestors' Eyes elucidates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device by which the elite in Korea regained and maintained dominance during the Choson period. Using historical and social anthropological methodology, Martina Deuchler highlights Korea's distinctive elevation of the social over the political.

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      Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
      Publication Date: 02/11/2015
      ISBN13: 9780674504301, 978-0674504301
      ISBN10: 0674504305
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      Asian history East Asian and Indian philosophy Confucianism

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      Book Synopsis
      Under the Ancestors' Eyes elucidates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device by which the elite in Korea regained and maintained dominance during the Choson period. Using historical and social anthropological methodology, Martina Deuchler highlights Korea's distinctive elevation of the social over the political.

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