Kyong Ju Kim

The Development of Modern South Korea

State Formation, Capitalist Development and National Identity

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Produktbeschreibung

The Development of Modern South Korea provides a comprehensive analysis of South Korean modernization by examining the dimensions of state formation, capitalist development and nationalism. Taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach this book highlights the most characteristic features of South Korean modernity in relation to its historical conditions, institution traditions and cultural values paying particular attention to Korean's pre-modern civilization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780415547000
• ISBN-10: 0415547008
• Artikelnr.: 26488542

Autorenporträt

Kyong Ju Kim has been a research fellow at La Trobe University, National University of Singapore and Seoul National University, and a teaching fellow and visiting lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Korean Civilization and Cultural Tradition 1. The
Configuration of Korean Civilization 2. The Search for the Meaning in
Korean Culture Part 2: State Formation 3. State Formation in Postcolonial
Korea 4. Civil Society, Reflexive Subject and Transformative Culture Part
3: Capitalist Development 5. The Historical Sociology of Korea's
Modernization 6. Korea's Rise and Integration into the World System 7. The
Korean Economic Crisis: the end of a miracle or a turning point? Part 4:
Nationalism and Reunification 8. National identity, Nationalism,
Nation-Building in Korea 9. Reunification as a radical Project of State
Formation Conclusion Bibliography