Comments on: James B. Palais (1934-2006)

By: Sibbi

Sibbi — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:26:54 +0000

Dr. Palais had nothing to do with how Amazon.com advertises and
was surely unaware of it. I think the point trying to be made here is
that he cared greatly about human rights in Korea and elsewhere in
the world.
He traveled to Korea in the mid-eighties to investigate and report
on the state of human rights.
It is typical that a web page meant as a memorial has some type of
comment like that to detract from a great man and his work.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:29:21 +0000

Yes, it is a bit strange that he comes up as the author on the Amazon page for that book, but I’m guessing that’s just a bit of confusion on the part of Amazon rather than a deliberate ploy.

By: Gerry Bevers

Gerry Bevers — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:29:30 +0000

Writing a forward is not the same as writing a book. It looks as if the Amazon site is taking advantage of Mr. Palais’ good name rather than giving credit the author.

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:31:20 +0000

Thanks Antti, I’ve added it to the main post.

By: Antti Leppänen

Antti Leppänen — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:27:43 +0000

This is also a quite recently published article:

“Confucianism and Economic Development in South Korea” In Benjamin A. Elman, John B. Duncan, and Herman Ooms, eds, Rethinking Confucianism. Past and Present in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, pp. 489-517. UCLA Asian Monograph Series, Los Angeles, 2002.