Anarchism in Korea : independence, transnationalism, and the question of national development, 1919-1984 / Dongyoun Hwang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hwang, Dongyoun, author.

Series:

SUNY series in global modernity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean resistance movements (1905-1945).

Anarchism--Korea--History--20th century.

Anarchism.

Korean resistance movements, 1905-1945.

Nationalism and socialism--Korea--20th century.

Nationalism and socialism.

History.

Korea.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 292 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]

Summary:

This book provides a history of anarchism in Korea and challenges conventional views of Korean anarchism as merely part of nationalist ideology, situating the study within a wider East Asian regional context. Dongyoun Hwang demonstrates that although the anarchist movement in Korea began as part of its struggle for independence from Japan, connections with anarchists and ideas from China and Japan gave the movement a regional and transnational dimension that transcended its initial nationalistic scope. Following the movement after 1945, Hwang shows how anarchism in Korea was deradicalized and evolved into an idea for both social revolution and alternative national development, with emphasis on organizing and educating peasants and developing rural villages.

Contents:

Beyond Independence : The Dawn of Korean Anarchism in China

The Wind of Anarchism in Japan

Pushing the Limits in Colonial Korea

Korean Anarchists in Wartime China and Japan

De-radicalized Anarchism and the Question of National Development, 1945-1984.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438461670

1438461674

OCLC:

931476594