The Personalist Ethic and the Rise of Urban Korea

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-09790-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 578 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

This book reviews South Korea’s experiences of kundaehwa (modernization), or catching up with the West, with a focus on three major historical projects, namely, expansion of new (Western) education, industrialization and democratization. The kundaehwa efforts that began in the last quarter of the nineteenth century have now fully transformed South Korea into an urban industrial society. In this book we will explore the three major issues arising from the kundaehwa process in Korea: How was the historical transformation made possible in the personalistic environment?; How personalistic is modern Korea?; And how difficult is it to build an orderly public domain in the pesonalistic modern Korea and how do Koreans respond to this dilemma of modernization?

As an examination of modernization as well as Korea, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Korean studies, sociology, politics and history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chang, Yunshik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Choson Dynasty Korea

2. Korea in Transition 1876-1945

3. Growth of New (Western) Education

4. Industrialization

5. Democratization

6. Urbanizationand the Expansion of the Public Domain

Über Autor(innen)

Chang Yunshik is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Canada.