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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. 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. 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.

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References

  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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