The Changing Geo-politics of Creativity: Rise of the Post-Confucian University

Simon Marginson

Jump to Content

The Changing Geo-politics of Creativity

Rise of the Post-Confucian University

In: The Creative University

Author:

Simon Marginson

Simon Marginson Centre for the Study of Higher Education The University of Melbourne 715 Swanston Street
The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia

Search for other papers by Simon Marginson in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

Type:: Chapter

Pages:: 9–32

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

€42.00€35.00 excl. VAT

Add to Cart

Redeem Access Token

The paper explores the dynamic evolution of higher education and research in East Asia in China, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan China and South Korea, and in South East Asia in Singapore. It refers also to the earlier case of Japan where higher education developed rapidly in the 1960s/1980s, and Vietnam where the take-off has yet to occur. While there are important differences between them, these systems, termed here ‘Post-Confucian’, share (1) a common heritage, in the comprehensive role of the Sinic state (as distinct from the limited liberal state of the English-speaking world) and Confucian educational traditions in the family and examination system; (2) an accelerated response to Western modernization. Post- Confucian higher education and research is becoming as strong or stronger than that of Western Europe, in terms of investment, participation rates and published science. High citation impact is increasing rapidly in some fields of knowledge such as Engineering, Chemistry and Computing. The Post-Confucian Model of higher education is both distinctive in its dynamics and one that other countries may try to imitate. The paper explores the drivers of the Model and the possible limits; and some implications for the comparative study of higher education, and for social theory.

Citation Info

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share link with colleague or librarian

You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/9789462092457/BP000003.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

Collapse
Expand

The Creative University

Series: Creative Education Bookseries, Volume: 1

E-Book ISBN:: 9789462092457

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2013

Subjects
- Education
  - Higher Education

Metrics

	All Time	Past 365 days	Past 30 Days
Abstract Views	172	40	9
Full Text Views	3	0	0
PDF Views & Downloads	3	0	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

Authors

Open Access

Product Information

Company

Contact

The Changing Geo-politics of Creativity

Rise of the Post-Confucian University

Citation Info

Share link with colleague or librarian

The Creative University

Table of Contents

Metrics

Metrics