Screen LibraryQuo vadis Korea? : the last custodian of Confucianism and its atypical transformation /
"This book is a detailed survey of lengthy and protracted fieldwork in which the author explains with rare candid clarity an appreciable chasm between the Korea he knew before landing on the peninsula and the one he studied incessantly and practically as a detached investigator in the place. By...
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Academica Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This book is a detailed survey of lengthy and protracted fieldwork in which the author explains with rare candid clarity an appreciable chasm between the Korea he knew before landing on the peninsula and the one he studied incessantly and practically as a detached investigator in the place. By engaging this book, many unbiased and unprejudiced readers would have to acknowledge that the modern Korea is not all about certain brands or economic statistics that we often hear, but there are also many other social and cultural developments which the modernity project has imposed, somewhat arbitrarily, upon the nation"--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 203 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-188) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781680530315 (hardcover) : 1680530313 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | DS917 |
| CLC: | K312.603 |
| Call Number: | K312.603/A991 |
| Contents: | Korea at a glance -- Industrialization : marching toward Chaebolcracy -- Definite dirigisme : market and social monopoly -- In the limelight : the education industry -- In the crosshairs : Seoul National University -- English : other means of Korean internationalization -- Foreigners in Korea -- Detachment on an equal footing -- Koreans in foreign lands -- Record betrays reputation : perpetual scandals and poisoned politics -- Predisposed to social ills -- Escape routes for failures and losers -- In lieu of conclusions: Mistaken identities. |