South Korean social movements in the 20th century / George Katsiaficas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katsiaficas, George, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest (Firm)

Series:

Asia's unknown uprisings ; v. 1.

Asia's unknown uprisings ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--Korea (South).

Social movements.

Korea (South).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 435 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

South Korean social movements in the twentieth century

Place of Publication:

Oakland, Calif. : PM Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Using social movements as a prism to illuminate the oft-hidden history of twentieth-century Korea, this book provides detailed analysis of major uprisings that have patterned that country's politics and society. With a central focus on the Gwangju Uprising, which ultimately proved decisive in South Korea's democratization, Katsiaficas extrapolates Korean experiences to examine possibilities of global social movements in the twenty-first century. The book's historical sweep$$$anges from conflicts as Korea entered the modern era, to the country's division and the Korean War, through to opposition to neoliberal economic policies, and ongoing struggles in the Internet age.

Ten years in the making, it is the first volume in a magisterial two-part study that concludes by analyzing in rich detail uprisings in nine other places: the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Profusely illustrated with photographs, table, graphs, and charts, it is the definitive, and defining, work from the eminent participant-observer scholar of social movements. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Uprisings and History 1

Korea's Uprisings

Organizations and Movements

Korea's Invisibility

Eurocentrism's Blind Eye

The Reasonability of Uprisings

Elite Use of Uprisings

The Corning Korean Wave

Chapter 2 Korea Enters the Modern World System 24

Tradition and Modernity

Korean Civil Society's Resilience

Farmers' War of 1894

Japan's Conquests

March 1, 1919: Korean Independence Uprising

From Uprising to Armed Resistance

Chapter 3 U.S. Imperialism and the October People's Uprising 59

Japan-U.S. Collaboration

Japan's Biological Warfare Unit

Formation of the Korean People's Republic

The 1946 October Uprising: From General Strike to Farmers

Revolt

Causes and Consequences of the October Uprising

Chapter 4 Against Korea's Division: Jeju Uprising and Yeosun Insurrection 86

Jeju April 3 Uprising

Yeosun Insurrection

Consequences of the Insurrection

National Security Law and the Rhee Dictatorship

Korean War

U.S. Massacre of Civilians

Chapter 5 The Minjung Awaken: Students Overthrow Rhee and Park 127

4.19: Students Overthrow Syngman Rhee

Social Movements in the Second Republic

Park Chung-hee Dictatorship

The Urban Poor

Chun Tae-il and the Struggle Against Yushin

Women as Midwives of the Minjung

Buma Uprising

Chun's 12-12 Coup and the Seoul Spring

Chapter 6 Gwangju People's Uprising 162

The Uprising Begins

May 21: The Fighting Intensifies

Liberated Gwangju: The Power of Love

Liberated Gwangju's Direct Democracy

The Uprising Spreads

Citizens' Committees in Conflict

The Struggle Moves to a More "Systematic" Level

Military Organization

Class Dynamics in the Uprising

Women and the Uprising

The Final Days

Let's go this way together by Kim Nam-ju

Chapter 7 Neoliberalism and the Gwangju Uprising 221

The Economic Transition

Origins of Neoliberalism

U.S. Support for Suppression of Gwangju

Investor Panic and Chun's Rising Star

Choreographing Regime Change

Wisdom of the Minjung

Chapter 8 The Gathering Storm 244

Days of Light, Years of Darkness

South Korean Anti-Americanism

Rise of the Minjung

Artists and Minjung Counterculture

Korea's Student Movement

Tendencies within the Movement: PD and NL

Bunding a Workers' Movement

Politicians Take the Lead

U.S. Squeezes Chun

Chapter 9 The June Uprising of 1987 277

Chun's April 13 Declaration: "No Constitutional Debate"

Creation of the Kukbon

June 10: The Uprising Begins

June 18: Chun Prepares the Military

June 26: Showdown

The Junta's June 29 Capitulation

Elite-led Transition?

The Role of Civil Society

Chapter 10 The Great Workers' Struggle 309

The June Uprising's Class Character

The Wave of Autonomous Worker Actions

Uprising within the Chaebol

Maybe by Park No-hae

Lessons and Legacy

Chapter 11 From Minjung to Citizens 333

The First Elections

Ron's War on the Working Class

Students Point to Reunification

The 1991 Struggle: Defeat and Adjustment

Citizens' Movements

Rejuvenation of the Women's Movement

Ecology Movement

Students Continue to Struggle

The First Civilian Government

Chapter 12 The Struggle Against Neoliberalism 361

The Dictatorship of the Market

General Strike of 1997

The 1997 IMF Crisis

Neoliberalism as Global Capital's Response to Falling

Rates of Profits

The DJ Government to the Rescue

DJ's Assault on Labor

Women's Autonomy

Foreign Investors Make a Steal

Chapter 13 The Democratic Dilemma 389

Enduring Power of Anti-Americanism

Korea's Coming Unification?

The Noh Moo-hyun Presidency

2MB Government

2008 Korean Candlelight Protests

President Lee's Rollback of Reforms

Noh Moo-hyun's Suicide

The Korean Wave

Gwangju's Continuing Centrality

Dialectic of Tradition and Liberation

Alternative Movement

Finding the Cost of Freedom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN:

876694

9781604867206

OCLC:

782879801

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