The development of modern South Korea
Subtitle: state formation, capitalist development and national identity
By: By Kyong Ju Kim.
Series: Routledge advances in Korean studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Korea (South) -- Civilization
Description: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of South Korean modernization by examining the dimensions of state formation, capitalist development and nationalism. The 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The configuration of Korean civilization; title: The search for meaning in Korean culture; title: State formation in postcolonial Korea; title: Civil society, reflexive subject and transformative culture; title: The historical sociology of Korea's modernization; title: Korea's rise and integration into the world system; title: The Korean economic crisis: the end of a miracle or a turning point?; title: National identity, nationalism, nation-building in Korea; title: Reunification as a radical project of state formation.