Deconstructing the DMZ
Derrida, Levinas and the phenomenology of peace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8911744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilsup Ahn (0000-0001-6853-7259, North Park University, 3225 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, IL 60625, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 205-223 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836710370249 |
| OpenAlex | W2056532825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 15 |
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has been a global symbol of perpetual conflict, hatred and distrust since its establishment in 1953 after the Korean War. The 155-mile ceasefire line has given birth to moral pathologies in the minds of Korean people that include ‘otherness is evil’, ‘containment of war is peace’ and ‘restoration of the same is unification’. The purpose of this article is to reduce these moral pathologies through Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive approach and Emmanuel Levinas’s ethics of the Other. Through tripartite reduction of these moral ideologies of the DMZ, an ethical thesis is developed that peace is not a mere state of the absence of war, but rather a welcoming of radical others and differences. It is also argued that unification is not about restoring the same ‘original we’, but about co-reconstruction of the ‘democratic we’
Democracy · DMZ · Hatred · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Unification · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
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Totality and Infinity
Democratization in South Korea and Inter-Korean Relations
Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence
The Politics of Friendship
Korea's Place in the Sun
Korea's Place in the Sun
Identity and security in Korea
Does the Sun Still Shine? The Republic of Korea's Policy of Engagement With the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The Politics of Derridean Deconstruction
Toward a Dialectic of Totality and Infinity
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2016 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |