1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789086103321

Autore

Seo Joong-Seok

Titolo

Korean nationalism betrayed [[electronic resource] /] / by Seo Joong-Seok ; translated by Han Do-Hyun & Pankaj Mohan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Folkestone, Kent, U.K., : Global Oriental, 2007

ISBN

1-282-08894-7

9786612088940

90-04-21335-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Brill eBook titles 2010

Altri autori (Persone)

HanDo-Hyun

PankajMohan

Disciplina

951.904

Soggetti

Korean reunification question (1945-  )

Nationalism - Korea

Korea History 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Original Korean ed. published: Seoul : Sungkyunkwan University Press, 2004.

Translated from Korean.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / J. Seo -- 1. Historical Understanding In The Era Of Unification / J. Seo -- 2. National Question And State In Korea: Focusing On The Bourgeois Class And The Ruling Elite / J. Seo -- 3. The System Of National Division / J. Seo -- 4. The Form Of Existence And Structural Character Of Pro-Japanese Collaborators / J. Seo -- 5. Right-Wing Nationalism And The National United Front In Post-Liberation South Korea / J. Seo -- 6. Rhee Syngman’s Theory Of Unification By Northward Advance / J. Seo -- 7. Structural Crisis In North And South Korea And The Path Of Korean Nationalism / J. Seo -- Appendix. The Teaching Of Contemporary Korean History For National Unity / J. Seo -- Notes / J. Seo -- Index / J. Seo.

Sommario/riassunto

Written by Joong- Seok Seo, an eminent Korean historian and a thinker of rare originality, this book examines the tumultuous history of modern Korea from the perspective of nationalism. Based on the author’s extensive research and wide-ranging experience, the book goes to the heart of critical questioning about the political uses and



abuses of nationalism by the ruling elites of post-liberation Korea. Indeed, Korean Nationalism Betrayed fills a yawning gap in the Western understanding of the authoritarian political structure of South Korea (1948-1988) that manipulated and distorted nationalism by identifying it with ultra-right anti-communism. The author provides a set of thought-provoking and compelling arguments against the assumptions of the Cold War, attributing the continued climate of tension and antagonism between the two Koreas to the tenacity of a Cold War mind-set. He traces the root of the tragedy of national division to the failure of Korean nationalism, and puts forward a compelling case for overcoming the legacy of polarized ideological stance, based on Cold War ideology and embracing a policy of reconciliation and cooperation by both sides.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810749703321

Autore

Messinger Gary S. <1943->

Titolo

The battle for the mind : war and peace in the era of mass communication / / Gary S. Messinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-61376-030-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 293 p. )

Disciplina

303.6/6

Soggetti

Mass media and war - History

Communication - Social aspects - History

Communication - Political aspects - History

Mass media and propaganda - History

War and society - History

Peace-building - History

International relations - History

United States History, Military

Europe History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: A change in the landscape -- War encounters mass communication : 1850/1914 -- Mass communication enlists : 1914/1918 -- The democracies try to demobilize : 1919/1939 -- Dictators conquer their media : 1919/1939 -- The battle for the mind deepens : 1939/1945 -- Symbolic war takes precedence : 1945/1991 -- Mass communication becomes multipolar : 1991and after.

Sommario/riassunto

"Most people typically think of armed conflict in physical terms, involving guns and bombs, ships and planes, tanks and missiles. But today, because of mass communication, war and the effort to prevent it are increasingly dependent on non-physical factors--the capacity to persuade combatants and citizens to engage in violence or avoid it, and the packaging of the information on which decision making is based. This book explores the many ways that mass communication has revolutionized international relations, whether the aim is to make war effectively or to prevent it. Gary Messinger shows that over the last 150 years a succession of breakthroughs in the realm of media has reshaped the making of war and peace. Along with mass newspapers, magazines, books, motion pictures, radio, television, computer software, and telecommunication satellites comes an array of strategies for exploiting these media to control popular beliefs and emotions. Images of war now arrive in many forms and reach billions of people simultaneously. Political and military leaders must react to crowd impulses that sweep around the globe. Nation-states and nongovernmental groups, including terrorists, use mass communication to spread their portrayals of reality. Drawing on a wide range of media products, from books and articles to films and television programs, as well as his own research in the field of propaganda studies, Messinger offers a fresh and comprehensive overview. He skillfully charts the path that has led us to our current situation and suggests where we might go next."--p. [4] of cover.