Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy
This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry. Belief in a racially distinct and ethnically homogeneous nation is widely shared on both sides of the Korean peninsula, although some scholars believe it is a myth with little historical basis. Finding both positions problematic and treating identity formation as a social and historical construct that has crucial behavioral consequences, this book...
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This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry. Belief in a racially distinct and ethnically homogeneous nation is widely shared on both sides of the Korean peninsula, although some scholars believe it is a myth with little historical basis. Finding both positions problematic and treating identity formation as a social and historical construct that has crucial behavioral consequences, this book examines how such a blood-based notion has become a dominant source of Korean identity, overriding other forms of identity in the modern era. It also looks at how the politics of national identity have played out in various contexts in Korea: semicolonialism, civil war, authoritarian politics, democratization, territorial division, and globalization.
Figures and TablesixAcknowledgmentsxiIntroduction: Explaining the Roots and Politics of Korean Nationalism1Part IOrigins and Development211Pan-Asianism and Nationalism252Colonial Racism and Nationalism413International Socialism and Nationalism584North Korea and "Socialism of Our Style"795Ilmin Chuui and "Modernization of the Fatherland"96Part IIContentious Politics1116Universalism and Particularism in Nation Building1157Tradition, Modernity, and Nation1358Division and Politics of National Representation1519Nation, History, and Politics166Part IIICurrent Manifestations18310Ethnic Identity and National Unification18511Between Nationalism and Globalization204Conclusion: Genealogy, Legacy, and Future223Appendix 1Coding Standards on Textbooks239Appendix 2Coding Standards on Magazines241Appendix 3Findings of Statistical Analyses243Notes251Bibliography269Index289
