BOOKS:
Since Jan. 2023, we have been preparing three monograph book manuscripts on Dr. Chung’s KS Lab project’s special theme: “The Great Korean Neo-Confucian Thinkers: Ideas, Issues, Debates, and Practical and Contemporary Implications.” These scholarly manuscripts are now (September, 2024) about 80–85% completed and will be completed by Jan/Feb 2025. The CSK plans to publish these pioneering books with a topnotch North American and international academic publisher.
Prof. Edward Chung (CKS Founding Director and KS Lab Project Director) is preparing a publishable monograph manuscript on this comparative topic (book title) regarding Korea’s three most eminent Confucian thinkers: The Three Great Thinkers of Korean Neo-Confucianism: Yi Toegye, Yi Yulgok, and Jeong Hagok on the Mind (Sim 心) and Self-Cultivation.
Prof. Bongrae Seok (Philosophy, Alvernia University, Reading [city], Pennsylvania)—Dr. Chung’s KS Lab project co-researcher (as a book writer)—is preparing the second publishable monograph manuscript on his chosen innovative topic (book title): Korean Neo-Confucian Debates on the Mind (Sim 心) and Moral Practice: A Moral Psychological and Comparative Study.
Prof. Jung-Yeup Kim (Philosophy, Kent State University, Ohio, USA)—Dr. Chung’s KS Lab project co-researcher (as a book author)—is writing the third publishable monograph manuscript on this fascinating special topic (book title):
The Idea of Gi/Qi (氣) in Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Practical and Contemporary Implications
These three monographs are soon to be reviewed for publication in the Palgrave Studies in Korean Thought (PSKT) book series (editor: Edward Chung), Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature), a leading world-class academic publisher. The Centre can also consider publishing them as a special 3-volume set on the project’s theme: “The Great Korean Neo-Confucian Thinkers: Ideas, Issues, Debates, and Practical and Contemporary Implications.” Each monograph will have its own OA (Open Access), hardcover, and paperback versions.
The scholarly originality of these books as well as their comparative and contemporary quality will vitalize and enrich the breadth and depth of Korean Neo-Confucianism, thereby contributing to global KS publication and contemporary Confucian studies. This is why Profs. Seok and Kim and I have selected these topics for our publication project funded by the KS Lab global project, many thanks to KSPS, the AKS, Korean Ministry of Education.
❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀