Na Jong-seok: Daedong Democracy and the Search for 21st Century Confucian Critical Theory

There are too many lives to represent the crisis of life, climate, alienation and conflict, water pollution... It's a crisis. What is the way we should be going in modern times? There are many ways to go to future societies, but the author of this book is particularly re-enlighting our traditional values. This could be a reaction from the failure of the modern challenge that humanity has tried: breaking tradition. Now, in our time, it's constantly being revived by philosophy of life, philosophy of reconciliation, and philosophy of typing. The spirit of anti-cheol, which was so active only about 20 years ago, was now cooled with cold water. Instead, there is a growing enthusiasm for resuscitate the traditional culture that author describes as the ‘Election of Confucian tradition.’. The idea of a republic, and the idea of an blind and a shareholder, was the philosophy of reconciliation, which never for one moment failed to escape the weak and neglected life through the theory of military responsibility and civilism, the spirit of humanity, and so on. The author finds, in particular, a seed of self-generated democracy, which has grown apart from Western democracy, particularly in this Confucian idea. The subject of the entire chapter is the current meaning of Confucianism. The author emphasizes that Confucianism as a traditional idea is not just a relic of the past, but a precious mental asset that still lives and connects us to the future. The belief in tradition is also a trust in human capacity that has made it possible for mankind to survive.

Korean title: 대동민주주의와 21세기 유가적 비판이론의 모색

Korean author: 나종석

Korean publisher: 예문서원

ISBN-13: 9788976464798