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Korean Nationalism Betrayed.
Title:
Korean Nationalism Betrayed.
Author:
Seo, Joong-Seok.
ISBN:
9789004213357
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages)
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Author's Preface to the English Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Historical Understanding in the Era of Unification -- 2 National Question and State in Korea: Focusing on the Bourgeois Class and the Ruling Elite -- 3 The System of National Division -- 4 The Form of Existence and Structural Character of Pro-Japanese Collaborators -- 5 Right-Wing Nationalism and the National United Front in Post-liberationSouth Korea -- 6 Rhee Syngman's Theory of Unification by Northward Advance -- 7 Structural Crisis in North and South Korea and the Path of Korean Nationalism -- APPENDIX The Teaching of Contemporary Korean History for National Unity -- Index.
Abstract:
Written by Joong-Seok Seo, an eminent Korean historian and a thinker of rare originality, this book examines the tumultuous history of modern Korea from the perspective of nationalism. The book goes to the heart of critical questioning about the political uses and abuses of nationalism by the ruling elites of post-liberation Korea.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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