Pekka Korhonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 279195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pekka Korhonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pekka |
| FAMILY NAME | Korhonen |
| SIGNATURE | KORHONEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5461-2959 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific by T. J. Pempel
Reviewed by: A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific by T. J. Pempel Pekka Korhonen (bio) A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific. By T. J. Pempel. Cornell University Press, 2021. xii, 237 pages. $125.00, cloth; $28.95, paper; $18.99, E-book. T. J. Pempel's new book is based on his observation of the region for many decades as well as wide reading of other studies published in English during that ti…
The Samjiyon Orchestra as a North Korean Means for Gender Based Cultural Diplomacy
In 2018 it appeared that a peace process on the Korean Peninsula had got underway. Lots of publicity was produced on inter-Korean relations and many types of messages and diplomatic actors started to move across the border with South Korea. One important element in this process was cultural diplomacy, conducted partly by athletes and cheering squads during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, and partly by musical ensembles. Selection of the Sam…
North Korea as a Small Great Power
During the recent years the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has rapidly advanced to the rank of a nuclear power, drawing simultaneously lots of attention on itself both by other states and the media. We argue that this means much more than only increase in its weaponry. Combined with its decades old steadfast strive for independence and opposition to the United States, this means a qualitative change in its position in the internatio…
The Rise and Fall of the Ŭnhasu Orchestra
The Ŭnhasu Orchestra was a major North Korean ensemble in 2009–2013. It was established by Kim Jong Il (Kim Chŏng’il, 김정일) and was composed of young musicians and singers of both genders, several of them having studied in foreign higher educational institutions in countries like Austria, Italy, Russia and China. Its members represented the core class of the North Korean society. It was ostensibly meant to display the high quality of North Korean …
Tradition and Legitimation in North Korea: The Role of the Moranbong Band
Since its debut in 2012, the Moranbong Band has served as a key symbol for the Kim Jong Un-era ruling style, limited cosmopolitanism, and ultimately political conservatism. This article analyses the legitimacy strategies of North Korean official culture in the light of perceived internal needs for change, even as the foundations of the traditional personality cult remain intact and strengthened by the Band’s performances. Analysis of musical perf…
Death and Transfiguration: The Late Kim Jong-il Aesthetic in North Korean Cultural Production
This article assesses the official music scene in Pyongyang over a span of five dramatic years, surveying how changes in the field of music from 2009 to 2014 mirrored and in some cases presaged North Korean dynastic succession and political consolidation. The article draws upon a new abundance of performance data on North Korean musical groups, data which we argue is important but has largely been ignored or mischaracterized heretofore. The centr…
Emotional–motivational responses predicting choices: The role of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity
Leaving Asia? The Meaning of Datsu-A and Japan's Modern History
History is a cumbersome science. Scholars work diligently in amassing data, reading original sources, and creating plausible narratives regarding the past. That is, however, of scant use for mitigating and resolving international conflicts, such as those presently involving Japan and its neighbours. As Ernest Renan observed in his famous 1882 essay Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?: "L'oubli, et je dirai même l'erreur historique, sont un facteur essentiel…
Changing definitions of Asia
Japan and the Pacific Free Trade Area
As the end of the century approaches, the Asian-Pacific region is becoming the most important economic area in the world. Pekka Korhonen examines the nature of Japan's economic rise since World War II, and its relations with other countries in the Pacific area. This in turn led to an optimistic world outlook for Japan, in which military tension was wiped away in the light of sustained economic growth and the formation of an inter-dependent struct…
Common culture: Asia rhetoric in the beginning of the 20th century
The essay analyses the history of geopolitical conceptualizations of Asia a century ago, found in the texts of Japanese Okakura Tenshin, Indian Rabindranath Tagore, and Chinese Sun Yatsen. They are not only classics in formulating new meanings for Asia, but they are also relevant nowadays in the light of contemporary attempts to advance Asian cooperation. During both periods, a crucial aspect of the discussion was conceptual: what to include and …
Inherent biases in decision support systems: The influence of optimistic and pessimistic DSS on choice, affect, and attitudes
This study investigates the influence of a decision aid on decision makers' model‐based choices, emotions during the use of the model, and attitudes towards the model. A time allocation decision model was biased to purposefully provide optimistic or pessimistic criterion levels, on which subjects based their allocations. The results of our experiment indicate that the degree of “optimism” and “pessimism” inherent in the decision model had a signi…
Asia's Chinese name
Japan and Asia-Pacific Integration: Pacific Romances 1968-1996
Japan and Asia Pacific Integration is a study of regional integration in the greater Pacific area during 1968-1996. It examines the political rationale of such international organisations as the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum, and the East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC). There is a focus on Japanese conceptions of regionalism and integration, but the attitudes of other countries such as the United States, Australia, Malaysia and Ch…
Economic Development as World Revolution
Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory is an international refereed open access journal, which publishes contributions on the transdisciplinary study of concepts. In classical rhetoric, ‘redescription’ refers to a rhetorical move that alters the use of a concept in one respect or another. The journal draws attention to conceptual moves within political theory, conceptual history and feminist thought, and highlig…
Monopolizing Asia: The politics of a metaphor
The metaphor of Asia is frequently used nowadays as a concept for regional identity, but it is very problematical because geographic Asia contains such a large piece of humanity in all cultural, political and economic forms. Historically Asia also has negative connotations, and at times other regional concepts have been preferred over it. Pan‐Asianism, Greater East Asia, Asian‐African cooperation, Asian Socialism, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific,…
Militarization and demilitariation in contemporary Japan and Cultural norms and national security: Police and military in postwar Japan
Journal Article Militarization and demilitariation in contemporary Japan and Cultural norms and national security: police and military in postwar Japan Get access Militarization and demilitariation in contemporary Japan. By Glenn D. Hook. London: Routledge. 1996. 256pp. Index. £45.00. ISBN 0 415 02274 6.Cultural norms and national security: police and military in postwar Japan. By Peter J. Katzenstein. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 1996. …
The Theory of the Flying Geese Pattern of Development and Its Interpretations
An interpretation is made of Akamatsu Kaname's theory of the flying geese pattern of development, launched in Japan during the 1930s. This theory explains how an undeveloped country can become developed relatively quickly. The undeveloped country adopts suitable labour-intensive industries from more developed countries. It produces first for the home market, but starts to export as soon as the industries have grown strong enough. Initially, produ…
Japan and Asia Pacific Integration: Pacific romances 1968–1996
The Theory of the Flying Geese Pattern of Development and Its Interpretations
An interpretation is made of Akamatsu Kaname's theory of the flying geese pattern of development, launched in Japan during the 1930s. This theory explains how an undeveloped country can become developed relatively quickly. The undeveloped country adopts suitable labour-intensive industries from more developed countries. It produces first for the home market, but starts to export as soon as the industries have grown strong enough. Initially, produ…
Monopolizing Asia: The politics of a metaphor
The metaphor of Asia is frequently used nowadays as a concept for regional identity, but it is very problematical because geographic Asia contains such a large piece of humanity in all cultural, political and economic forms. Historically Asia also has negative connotations, and at times other regional concepts have been preferred over it. Pan‐Asianism, Greater East Asia, Asian‐African cooperation, Asian Socialism, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific,…
Death and Transfiguration: The Late Kim Jong-il Aesthetic in North Korean Cultural Production
This article assesses the official music scene in Pyongyang over a span of five dramatic years, surveying how changes in the field of music from 2009 to 2014 mirrored and in some cases presaged North Korean dynastic succession and political consolidation. The article draws upon a new abundance of performance data on North Korean musical groups, data which we argue is important but has largely been ignored or mischaracterized heretofore. The centr…
Emotional–motivational responses predicting choices: The role of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity
Common culture: Asia rhetoric in the beginning of the 20th century
The essay analyses the history of geopolitical conceptualizations of Asia a century ago, found in the texts of Japanese Okakura Tenshin, Indian Rabindranath Tagore, and Chinese Sun Yatsen. They are not only classics in formulating new meanings for Asia, but they are also relevant nowadays in the light of contemporary attempts to advance Asian cooperation. During both periods, a crucial aspect of the discussion was conceptual: what to include and …
Inherent biases in decision support systems: The influence of optimistic and pessimistic DSS on choice, affect, and attitudes
This study investigates the influence of a decision aid on decision makers' model‐based choices, emotions during the use of the model, and attitudes towards the model. A time allocation decision model was biased to purposefully provide optimistic or pessimistic criterion levels, on which subjects based their allocations. The results of our experiment indicate that the degree of “optimism” and “pessimism” inherent in the decision model had a signi…
Asia's Chinese name
Japan and Asia Pacific Integration: Pacific romances 1968–1996
The Theory of the Flying Geese Pattern of Development and Its Interpretations
An interpretation is made of Akamatsu Kaname's theory of the flying geese pattern of development, launched in Japan during the 1930s. This theory explains how an undeveloped country can become developed relatively quickly. The undeveloped country adopts suitable labour-intensive industries from more developed countries. It produces first for the home market, but starts to export as soon as the industries have grown strong enough. Initially, produ…
Economic Development as World Revolution
Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory is an international refereed open access journal, which publishes contributions on the transdisciplinary study of concepts. In classical rhetoric, ‘redescription’ refers to a rhetorical move that alters the use of a concept in one respect or another. The journal draws attention to conceptual moves within political theory, conceptual history and feminist thought, and highlig…
Monopolizing Asia: The politics of a metaphor
The metaphor of Asia is frequently used nowadays as a concept for regional identity, but it is very problematical because geographic Asia contains such a large piece of humanity in all cultural, political and economic forms. Historically Asia also has negative connotations, and at times other regional concepts have been preferred over it. Pan‐Asianism, Greater East Asia, Asian‐African cooperation, Asian Socialism, Southeast Asia, Western Pacific,…
Militarization and demilitariation in contemporary Japan and Cultural norms and national security: Police and military in postwar Japan
Journal Article Militarization and demilitariation in contemporary Japan and Cultural norms and national security: police and military in postwar Japan Get access Militarization and demilitariation in contemporary Japan. By Glenn D. Hook. London: Routledge. 1996. 256pp. Index. £45.00. ISBN 0 415 02274 6.Cultural norms and national security: police and military in postwar Japan. By Peter J. Katzenstein. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 1996. …
Japan and Asia-Pacific Integration: Pacific Romances 1968-1996
Japan and Asia Pacific Integration is a study of regional integration in the greater Pacific area during 1968-1996. It examines the political rationale of such international organisations as the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum, and the East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC). There is a focus on Japanese conceptions of regionalism and integration, but the attitudes of other countries such as the United States, Australia, Malaysia and Ch…
Asia's Chinese name
Inherent biases in decision support systems: The influence of optimistic and pessimistic DSS on choice, affect, and attitudes
This study investigates the influence of a decision aid on decision makers' model‐based choices, emotions during the use of the model, and attitudes towards the model. A time allocation decision model was biased to purposefully provide optimistic or pessimistic criterion levels, on which subjects based their allocations. The results of our experiment indicate that the degree of “optimism” and “pessimism” inherent in the decision model had a signi…
Common culture: Asia rhetoric in the beginning of the 20th century
The essay analyses the history of geopolitical conceptualizations of Asia a century ago, found in the texts of Japanese Okakura Tenshin, Indian Rabindranath Tagore, and Chinese Sun Yatsen. They are not only classics in formulating new meanings for Asia, but they are also relevant nowadays in the light of contemporary attempts to advance Asian cooperation. During both periods, a crucial aspect of the discussion was conceptual: what to include and …
Japan and the Pacific Free Trade Area
As the end of the century approaches, the Asian-Pacific region is becoming the most important economic area in the world. Pekka Korhonen examines the nature of Japan's economic rise since World War II, and its relations with other countries in the Pacific area. This in turn led to an optimistic world outlook for Japan, in which military tension was wiped away in the light of sustained economic growth and the formation of an inter-dependent struct…
Changing definitions of Asia
Leaving Asia? The Meaning of Datsu-A and Japan's Modern History
History is a cumbersome science. Scholars work diligently in amassing data, reading original sources, and creating plausible narratives regarding the past. That is, however, of scant use for mitigating and resolving international conflicts, such as those presently involving Japan and its neighbours. As Ernest Renan observed in his famous 1882 essay Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?: "L'oubli, et je dirai même l'erreur historique, sont un facteur essentiel…
Death and Transfiguration: The Late Kim Jong-il Aesthetic in North Korean Cultural Production
This article assesses the official music scene in Pyongyang over a span of five dramatic years, surveying how changes in the field of music from 2009 to 2014 mirrored and in some cases presaged North Korean dynastic succession and political consolidation. The article draws upon a new abundance of performance data on North Korean musical groups, data which we argue is important but has largely been ignored or mischaracterized heretofore. The centr…
Emotional–motivational responses predicting choices: The role of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity
Tradition and Legitimation in North Korea: The Role of the Moranbong Band
Since its debut in 2012, the Moranbong Band has served as a key symbol for the Kim Jong Un-era ruling style, limited cosmopolitanism, and ultimately political conservatism. This article analyses the legitimacy strategies of North Korean official culture in the light of perceived internal needs for change, even as the foundations of the traditional personality cult remain intact and strengthened by the Band’s performances. Analysis of musical perf…
The Rise and Fall of the Ŭnhasu Orchestra
The Ŭnhasu Orchestra was a major North Korean ensemble in 2009–2013. It was established by Kim Jong Il (Kim Chŏng’il, 김정일) and was composed of young musicians and singers of both genders, several of them having studied in foreign higher educational institutions in countries like Austria, Italy, Russia and China. Its members represented the core class of the North Korean society. It was ostensibly meant to display the high quality of North Korean …
North Korea as a Small Great Power
During the recent years the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has rapidly advanced to the rank of a nuclear power, drawing simultaneously lots of attention on itself both by other states and the media. We argue that this means much more than only increase in its weaponry. Combined with its decades old steadfast strive for independence and opposition to the United States, this means a qualitative change in its position in the internatio…
The Samjiyon Orchestra as a North Korean Means for Gender Based Cultural Diplomacy
In 2018 it appeared that a peace process on the Korean Peninsula had got underway. Lots of publicity was produced on inter-Korean relations and many types of messages and diplomatic actors started to move across the border with South Korea. One important element in this process was cultural diplomacy, conducted partly by athletes and cheering squads during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, and partly by musical ensembles. Selection of the Sam…
A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific by T. J. Pempel
Reviewed by: A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific by T. J. Pempel Pekka Korhonen (bio) A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific. By T. J. Pempel. Cornell University Press, 2021. xii, 237 pages. $125.00, cloth; $28.95, paper; $18.99, E-book. T. J. Pempel's new book is based on his observation of the region for many decades as well as wide reading of other studies published in English during that ti…
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