Confucian fascism
Confucian fascism is an ideology that reinforces traditional Confucian values by borrowing from Western fascist ideology.
It is typically used to describe the New Life Movement, which was a Chinese nationalist political movement initiated by the Kuomintang, which was often described as "Confucian fascism".[1]
Background
In the 1930s, "Japanese fascism", which integrated Confucian ideas, emerged.[2] The elements of fascism combined with Confucian concepts influenced the rule of the Kuomintang during Nanjing Decade, and "New Life Movement" was also considered by some scholars to be confucian fascism.[3] China and Japan went through rapid modernization, and the social frameworks that supported Confucian activity were destroyed: In order to artificially revive traditional values, it was necessary to strengthen and subordinate state and other institutions of power.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Schoppa, R. Keith. The Revolution and Its Past (New York: Pearson Prentic Hall, 2nd ed. 2006, pp. 208–209 .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kiri Paramore, ed. (2016). Japanese Confucianism. Cambridge University Press. p. 186. Search this book on
- ↑ Wakeman, Frederic, Jr. (1997). "A Revisionist View of the Nanjing Decade: Confucian Fascism." The China Quarterly 150: 395–432.
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