Modernity in South Korea
An Alternative Narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4481993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hagen Koo (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-64 |
| Publication date | 1999-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513699057000005 |
| OpenAlex | W2057209923 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
A large literature on South Korean economic development has presented one dominant narrative on Korean modernity, essentially that of a smooth and peaceful process of modernity brought about by the immutable logic of the market and by a gradual expansion of the middle class and civil society. This essay presents another narrative which stresses the role of social struggles in this process. Korea's transition to modernity has been marked by a high level of social conflicts and by clashes between modernity and tradition and between external and national values. In this process, history and tradition did not simply give way to modernity but have been continuously rediscovered and reappropriated for new social struggles. Korea's modernity has been woven out of these political, social and cultural materials rather than simply out of the universal fabric of capitalism
Aesthetics · Art · Capitalism · Literature · Modernity · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy
Civil Society and Democratization in South Korea
Korean Suicide Protest as Anomic Response to Labour Disempowerment
The Developmental Sources of South Korean Neoliberalism
Rapid Modernisation and the Future of Korean Christianity
Eros and Modernity
Cultural Performance and Political Regime Change
Fantasies of Modernity
The Limits of Civil Society
Translating Global Values into National Contexts
Hybrid Cultural Codes in Nonwestern Civil Society
Capitalist Development and Democracy
Echoes of the Past, Epics of Dissent
The Origins of the Korean War
Transnational Capitalism, National Imaginary, and the Protest Theater in South Korea
Beneath the Miracle
State and Society in Contemporary Korea
Peasant Protest and Social Change in Colonial Korea
Middle classes, democratization, and class formation
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2022 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |