Eurocentrism and Development in Korea Kim Jongtae
Eurocentrism and Development in Korea Kim Jongtae Under the global hegemony of the West, societies have interpreted the world and defined their identities through the frameworks of Eurocentric…
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Eurocentrism and Development in Korea Kim Jongtae
Under the global hegemony of the West, societies have interpreted the world and defined their identities through the frameworks of Eurocentric discourses. The discourse of seonjinguk (developed country) has been a dominant Eurocentric developmental discourse in Korea.However, in what historical contexts have the Koreans set seonjinguk as their national goal and yardstick to judge nations? Since the mid-twentieth century, Eurocentrism has tended to be associated with economic developmentalism.
What discursive frameworks did the Koreans use for their national identities and worldviews before the developmental era? What roles have been played by the concept of seonjinguk in Korea? Eurocentrism and Development in Korea is the first scholarly approach to those questions.
Through a chronological analysis of Korea's dominant discourses from the late nineteenth