ARTS3640 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fukuzawa Yukichi, Indian Feudalism, Keio University

• School: UNSW, UNSW Sydney
• Department: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Humanities
• Course: ARTS3640
• Professor: Greg Evon

Document Summary

Lecture 3: 1884 incipient (the beginning of something) cultural cooperation and hopes for the future; The failure of kim okkyun (1851-1894) and the in uence of fukuzawa yukichi; kim okkyun --> traditional viewpoint: person who set up korea to be colonised by. Japan; background: collapsed yangban family --> educated; interested in western doctrines --> traditional chinese doctrines (no aggregation) -- astronomy (devanation ) -> politically important --> understand mysterious events --> making calendar. -> agricultural society --> intercalary ( ) --> western priests were kept in the court and make sure they only bene t the country with technological knowledge; Kim; end of 19th of japanese colonial era --> breakdown of social structure. -> lower standards ppl (translators/lawyers) move up in the social hierarchy; Japan --> real life eg of how to adapt western things in cultural situation; Ltered twice by japan and china (second hand knowledge) --> ine cient --