Assessing the landscape of Taiwan and Korean studies in comparison / edited by J. Bruce Jacobs, Niki J.P. Alsford, Sojin Lim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lim, Sojin, editor.

Jacobs, J. Bruce, editor.

Alsford, Niki J. P., editor.

Series:

Brill Series in Taiwan Studies ; 1.

Brill Series in Taiwan Studies ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korea (South)--Study and teaching (Higher).

Korea (South).

Taiwan--Study and teaching (Higher).

Taiwan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Neatherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

In Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison , the chapters offer a reflection on the state of the field of Taiwan and Korea Studies. For the editors, the volume's purpose was to identify not just their similarities, but also a reflection on their differences. Both have national identities formed in a colonial period. The surrender of Japan in 1945 ignited the light of independence for Korea, but this would be ideologically split within five years. For Taiwan, that end forced it into a born-again form of nationalism with the arrival of the Chinese Nationalists. Taiwan and South Korea's economic development illustrate a progressive transition and key to understanding this is the relationship between 'modernization' and 'democracy'. By looking at Korea and Taiwan, the chapters in the volume broaden an understanding of the interconnectivity of the region.

Contents:

Introduction: Comparing Taiwan and Korea / J. Bruce Jacobs

Korean colonial cosmopolitanism / Michael J. Seth

Taiwan in transformation : the Japanese colonial era / Evan Dawley

ROC-ROK international fate : decolonization, democratization, and pragmatism / Moises de Souza and Fabricio A. Fonseca

Tzu-Chi and the 'Moonies' : new religious movements in Taiwan and South Korea / Niki J.P. Alsford and Nataša Visočnik

Park Geun-hye and Tsai Ing-wen : the first female presidents of South Korea and Taiwan / Young-Im Lee

East Asian area studies teaching programmes in the United Kingdom : a comparative case study of Korean studies at the University of Central Lancashire and Taiwan studies at SOAS, University of London / Dafydd Fell and Sojin Lim.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-46131-0

OCLC:

1249474208

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004461314 DOI