Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Lovins, Christopher (1980-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : King Chongjo [Texte imprimé] : an enlightened despot in early modern Korea / Christopher Lovins

Publication : Albany (N.Y.) : State University of New York Press, copyright 2019

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXIV-222 p.) ; 24 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Were the countries of Europe the only ones that were "early modern"? Was Asia's early modernity cut short by colonialism? Scholars examining early modern Eurasia have not yet fully explored the relationships between absolute rule and political modernization in the highly contested early modern world. Using a comparative perspective that places Chŏngjo, king of Korea from 1776 to 1800, in context with other Korean kings and with contemporary Chinese and European rulers, Christopher Lovins examines the shifting balance of power in Korea in favor of the crown at the expense of the aristocracy during the early modern period. Lovins is the first in English-language scholarship to analyze the recently discovered collection of 297 private letters written by Chŏngjo himself. These letters were undoubtedly a vital channel of communication outside of official court historians' scrutiny, since private meetings between the king and his ministers were forbidden by custom. Royal politics played out in an arena of subtle communication, with court officials trying to read the king's unstated, elliptically hinted at intentions and the king trying to suggest what he wanted done while maintaining plausible deniability. Through close analysis of both official records and private letters, including Chŏngjo's "secret letters," Lovins shows that, in contrast to previous assumptions, the late eighteenth-century Korean monarchs were not weak and ineffective but instead in the process of building an absolutist polity."--Provided by publisher

Sujet(s) : Chongjo (1752-1800 ; roi de Corée) -- Correspondance  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Politique et gouvernement -- Corée -- 1392-1910 -- Sources  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Corée -- 1392-1910 (Époque des Li) -- Sources  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  951.902 092 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Corée - 1392-1910 - Biographie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781438473635. - ISBN 143847363X. - ISBN 9781438473659 (erroné) (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb457917906

Notice n° :  FRBNF45791790 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Early modernity and absolutism ; Politics in early modern Korea ; The politics of Confucianism ; Power and factions ; Building a system ; Military matters ; Chongjo in an early modern world ; Conclusion.