Asianism in Korea’s politics of identity

Shin, Gi‐Wook

doi:10.1080/14649370500316992

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“…South Korea, it has been routinely argued, is a classic contemporary example of a democratic polity that maintains a strong sense of attachment to ethnic (national) identity and sentiments (e.g., Shin, 2005, 2006a, 2006b, 2007; Shin and Chang, 2004; Shin et al ., 1999; Park, 2006). This was exhibited, for example, by the Korean government's and public's response to the Virginia Tech massacre (Shin, 2007).…”

Section: Korean Ethnic Community: the State Of The Artmentioning

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Electoral Rights beyond Territory and beyond Citizenship? The Case of South Korea

Kalicki¹

2009

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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Current world migration is disrupting conceptual boundaries of national democratic polities. One area where the traditional sense of political community is being challenged concerns electoral rights for non-resident citizens and non-citizen residents. With the right to vote being an ultimate expression of political membership in a democratic nation-state, any debates about these two groups’ suffrage rights constitute a critical source of empirical insights into how democracies re-imagine themselves away from fixed identities under the pressure of globalization. In view of this, this paper examines the understudied case of South Korea, utilizing the most systematic theoretical framework currently available: one developed by Rainer Bauböck. It provides direct empirical evidence that undermines the conventional wisdom that Koreans define their polity purely on the basis of their ethnicity. Contrary to our expectations, a close scrutiny of the Korean debates in question reveals ample references to the civic ideals of political community. The line of reasoning that emphasizes duties towards the welfare of the polity has produced powerful justifications for denying political franchise to overseas compatriots, while granting limited electoral rights to qualified resident foreigners. A broader implication of this empirical finding is that it highlights a fundamental limitation of Bauböck's theoretical framework: it conceives political franchise only as an expression of people's rights in regard to law-making. The case of South Korea, thus, suggests that Bauböck's scheme should be modified to address both the rights-based logics and the somewhat obsolete duty-based logic of franchise extension.

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Section: Korean Ethnic Community: the State Of The Artmentioning

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Electoral Rights beyond Territory and beyond Citizenship? The Case of South Korea

Kalicki¹

2009

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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“…Within this context, particular countries compete with one another for control of subregional markets and to become the centre of inter-Asian media flows. These countries pursue different political agendas and economic interests, leading as a result to conflicts over the establishment of local hegemony (see Shin 2005). Moreover, Asia as regional signifier still carries the negative historical baggage of imperial legacies and the colonial past, and the ghost of the Cold War period still haunts the area (see Chen 2002).…”

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‘Asianization’ and locally customized ‘Kor-Asian’ movies: Goodbye, One Day (2010) and Sophie’s Revenge (2009)

Lee

2012

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“…Under the trusteeship system, Korea (North and South) was to be governed under the trust of Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America until the nation became stable enough to create an independent Korean national government (W. Han, 1988;Shin, 2005). Though stipulated to be a temporary arrangement (Barry 2012), widespread resentment arose in response to the nation's division and governance by foreign others.…”

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A Nation of One: A Critical Analysis of the Rise of the Notion of Ethnocultural Oneness in Twentieth-Century Korea

Hunt

2017

IJMMU

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This essay has been written to critically explore the societal idealization of oneness held among the Korean people. Particular emphasis is paid to scholarly works published between the years 2010 and 2016. The central finding procured by reviewing works meeting this study's inclusion criteria suggests that the notion of ethnocultural oneness is a modern myth structured along the political ideologies of the state. As such, attention is duly afforded to the historic origins of oneness and how this perception emerged in the twentieth century as a response to the period of Japanese colonization , the Korean War (1950)(1951)(1952)(1953), and the years in which Korea experienced rapid industrial development. It is assumed that the knowledge generated from this study may be used to (a) extend critical discourse on Korea's cultural history, (b) provide an alternative view on the formation of Korea's national identity, and (c) illuminate taken for granted perceptions that have been propagated among the people of Korea in the twentieth century as means to promote a sense of togetherness.

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Asianism in Korea’s politics of identity

Cited by 45 publications

References 10 publications

Electoral Rights beyond Territory and beyond Citizenship? The Case of South Korea

Electoral Rights beyond Territory and beyond Citizenship? The Case of South Korea

‘Asianization’ and locally customized ‘Kor-Asian’ movies: Goodbye, One Day (2010) and Sophie’s Revenge (2009)

A Nation of One: A Critical Analysis of the Rise of the Notion of Ethnocultural Oneness in Twentieth-Century Korea

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