Development of Modern South Korea

Kyong Ju Kim has been a research fellow at La Trobe University, National University of Singapore and Seoul National University, and a teaching fellow and visiting lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

• Introduction Part 1: Korean Civilization and Cultural Tradition 1. The Configuration of Korean Civilization 2. The Search for the Meaning in Korean Culture Part 2: State Formation 3. State Formation in Postcolonial Korea 4. Civil Society, Reflexive Subject and Transformative Culture Part 3: Capitalist Development 5. The Historical Sociology of Korea's Modernization 6. Korea's Rise and Integration into the World System 7. The Korean Economic Crisis: the end of a miracle or a turning point? Part 4: Nationalism and Reunification 8. National identity, Nationalism, Nation-Building in Korea 9. Reunification as a radical Project of State Formation Conclusion Bibliography