Outgrowing the Predicament? National Identity and S eoul's D okdo Policy

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ID12498652
AuthorsPatrick Flamm (0000-0003-4471-688X, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume30
Issue2
Pages200-222
Publication date2015-07-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Focus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1225-4657 • E-ISSN: 1976-5118
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/pafo.12047
OpenAlexW1488832269
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

The D okdo/ T akeshima dispute between the ROK and J apan remains the single biggest obstacle to an improvement of S outh K orean– J apanese relations. The issue forces S outh K orean foreign policy actors to constantly maneuver between engagement with J apan out of strategic interests and confrontation because of the islets' symbolic value for K orean national identity. Still, the scholarly debate has failed to comprehensively grasp the constitution of D okdo as a political issue, while reducing it to “irrational emotions” that unnecessarily hinder urgent bilateral cooperation. Further, there prevails a one‐dimensional and fixed understanding of K orean identity as largely post‐colonial, without acknowledging the recent research on an increasingly internationalized K orean self‐understanding. In taking a constructivist, discourse analytical approach, I am able to provide a sound assessment of the various active identity narratives relevant to S eoul's D okdo policy, while considering the odds for political change

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