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Division System in Crisis
Nak-Chung Paik
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Description for Division System in Crisis
Paperback. Paik Nak-chung is one of Korea's most incisive contemporary public intellectuals. By training a literary scholar, he is perhaps best known as an eloquent cultural and political critic. This volume deals with his life and work. Translator(s): Myung-Hwan, Kim; June-Kyu, Sol; Seung-chul, Song; Young-joo, Ryu. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
Paik Nak-chung is one of Korea's most incisive contemporary public intellectuals. By training a literary scholar, he is perhaps best known as an eloquent cultural and political critic. This volume represents the first book-length collection of his writings in English. Paik's distinctive theme is the notion of a "division system" on the Korean peninsula, the peculiar geopolitical and cultural logic by which one nation continues to be divided into two states, South and North. Identifying a single structure encompassing both Koreas and placing it within the framework of the contemporary world-system, Paik shows how this reality has insinuated itself into ... Read more
Paik Nak-chung is one of Korea's most incisive contemporary public intellectuals. By training a literary scholar, he is perhaps best known as an eloquent cultural and political critic. This volume represents the first book-length collection of his writings in English. Paik's distinctive theme is the notion of a "division system" on the Korean peninsula, the peculiar geopolitical and cultural logic by which one nation continues to be divided into two states, South and North. Identifying a single structure encompassing both Koreas and placing it within the framework of the contemporary world-system, Paik shows how this reality has insinuated itself into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520289888
SKU
V9780520289888
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About Nak-Chung Paik
Paik Nak-chung is emeritus professor of English literature at Seoul National University and co-chair of the Korea Peace Forum.
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