Confucian Democracy in East Asia: Theory and Practice (Review)

Abstract

Sungmoon Kim’s Confucian Democracy in East Asia is an important contribution to the recent scholarship that examines the political relevance of Confucius to contemporary political thought and practice. The book is divided into three parts, with Part I providing a comprehensive and critical overview of the recent scholarship, Part II elaborating Kim’s theoretical contribution, a Confucian democracy, and Part III devoted to a detailed review of Confucian democracy in South Korea.