Confucian fascism

Confucian fascism is an ideology that reinforces traditional Confucian values by borrowing from Western fascist ideology.

Background

In the 1930s, "Japanese fascism" based on Confucianism emerged.^[1] The elements of fascism combined with confucian influenced the rule of the Kuomintang during Nanjing Decade, and "New Life Movement" was also considered by some scholars to be confucian fascism.^[2] 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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Kiri Paramore, ed. (2016). Japanese Confucianism. Cambridge University Press. p. 186.
^ Wakeman, Frederic, Jr. (1997). "A Revisionist View of the Nanjing Decade: Confucian Fascism." The China Quarterly 150: 395–432.

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[Kiri_Paramore-1] Kiri Paramore, ed. (2016). Japanese Confucianism. Cambridge University Press. p. 186.

[2] Wakeman, Frederic, Jr. (1997). "A Revisionist View of the Nanjing Decade: Confucian Fascism." The China Quarterly 150: 395–432.

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