Description: Under the Ancestors' Eyes elucidates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device by which the elite in Korea regained and maintained dominance during the Chosŏn period. Using historical and social anthropological methodology, Martina Deuchler highlights Korea's distinctive elevation of the social over the political.
Brief description: Martina Deuchler is Professor Emerita of Korean Studies in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.