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Power, Place, and State-Society Relations in Korea

Neo-Confucian and Geomantic Reconstruction of Developmental State and Democratization

Jongwoo Han

No book has addressed the simultaneous phenomena of Korea’s rapid economic development and its vibrant democratization in a single coherent paradigm. The late developmentalist approach emphasizes the strong role of Korea’s state and bureaucratic efficiency but does not explain how political development was concurrent with the economic miracles in the Han River; modernization and dependence theories also fail to explain the aspect of simultaneity in this phenomenon. What these three theories commonly miss is the unique relationship between state and society in Korea’s long history of political culture. In this book, Jongwoo Han takes a holistic approach to understanding these phenomena by examining the state’s role in the unprecedented economic development and society’s capabilities to resist the state’s centralized power.

Han re-articulates
state-society relations through Onuf’s social constructivist approach based on three rules of a political community: hegemony, hierarchy, and heteronomy. This book expands upon this effort to re-construct the state and society relations in two ways. First, it produces case studies of the capital city of Hanyang (Joseon Dynasty from 1392 to 1910), Kyeongseong (Japanese colonial control from 1910 to 1945), and Seoul (1945-current). The capital city is analyzed as a container for the major ideologies and ways of thinking that have shaped three important political eras. Second, i adopts two indigenous thoughts, Neo-Confucianism and geomancy, as sources of the main political and cultural ideologies that shape Korea’s state and society relations. These sources have never been treated as units of political analysis. This book finds that both Neo-Confucianism and geomancy, over two periods of Hanyang and Kyeongseong, are two main contributing factors of the emergence of the developmental state and vibrant democracy in Korea in the Seoul era.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 426 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-0-7391-7554-5 • Hardback • November 2013 • $162.00 • (£125.00)
978-1-4985-2107-9 • Paperback • August 2015 • $59.99 • (£46.00)
Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / American Government / State, Political Science / Political Process / General, Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Religion / Confucianism, Political Science / World / Asian
Jongwoo Han is visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies of the Kyung Hee University in Seoul. He is the author of Networked Information Technologies, Elections, and Politics: Korea and the United States and Understanding North Korea: Indigenous Perspectives.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Indigenous Model for State Hegemony: Neo-Confucianism, Power, and Place
Chapter 3: The Hanyang Prototype of Hegemony, Hierarchy , and Heteronomy
Chapter 4: Kyeongseong: Local-Global Interaction
Chapter 5: The Seoul Era: The Emergence of the Developmental State and Democracy
Chapter 6: Korea’s Simultaneous Achievements Reconsidered

Appendix 1: Gugong (or Kao-kung chi)
Appendix 2: Central Government Officials in the Gyeongguk daejeon
Appendix 3: Local Civil Officials Table
Appendix 4: Craftsmen Table
Appendix 5: Students in Capital Table
Appendix 6: List of Government Officials
Appendix 7: Slaves Central Government
The author renders a fascinating and innovative approach to the political economy of development and state-society relations in Korea through a constructivist analysis of geomantic arrangement of the capital city during three periods, the Joseon Dynasty, the Japanese colonial period, and the Park Chung-hee era. Bold in analytical construct, rich in historical narratives, and far reaching in policy implications.

— Chung-in Moon, Chairman of the Sejong Institute


Power, Place, and State-Society Relations in Korea

Neo-Confucian and Geomantic Reconstruction of Developmental State and Democratization

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Hardback
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Summary
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  • No book has addressed the simultaneous phenomena of Korea’s rapid economic development and its vibrant democratization in a single coherent paradigm. The late developmentalist approach emphasizes the strong role of Korea’s state and bureaucratic efficiency but does not explain how political development was concurrent with the economic miracles in the Han River; modernization and dependence theories also fail to explain the aspect of simultaneity in this phenomenon. What these three theories commonly miss is the unique relationship between state and society in Korea’s long history of political culture. In this book, Jongwoo Han takes a holistic approach to understanding these phenomena by examining the state’s role in the unprecedented economic development and society’s capabilities to resist the state’s centralized power.

    Han re-articulates
    state-society relations through Onuf’s social constructivist approach based on three rules of a political community: hegemony, hierarchy, and heteronomy. This book expands upon this effort to re-construct the state and society relations in two ways. First, it produces case studies of the capital city of Hanyang (Joseon Dynasty from 1392 to 1910), Kyeongseong (Japanese colonial control from 1910 to 1945), and Seoul (1945-current). The capital city is analyzed as a container for the major ideologies and ways of thinking that have shaped three important political eras. Second, i adopts two indigenous thoughts, Neo-Confucianism and geomancy, as sources of the main political and cultural ideologies that shape Korea’s state and society relations. These sources have never been treated as units of political analysis. This book finds that both Neo-Confucianism and geomancy, over two periods of Hanyang and Kyeongseong, are two main contributing factors of the emergence of the developmental state and vibrant democracy in Korea in the Seoul era.
Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 426 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼
    978-0-7391-7554-5 • Hardback • November 2013 • $162.00 • (£125.00)
    978-1-4985-2107-9 • Paperback • August 2015 • $59.99 • (£46.00)
    Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / American Government / State, Political Science / Political Process / General, Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Religion / Confucianism, Political Science / World / Asian
Author
Author
  • Jongwoo Han is visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies of the Kyung Hee University in Seoul. He is the author of Networked Information Technologies, Elections, and Politics: Korea and the United States and Understanding North Korea: Indigenous Perspectives.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
    Chapter 2: Indigenous Model for State Hegemony: Neo-Confucianism, Power, and Place
    Chapter 3: The Hanyang Prototype of Hegemony, Hierarchy , and Heteronomy
    Chapter 4: Kyeongseong: Local-Global Interaction
    Chapter 5: The Seoul Era: The Emergence of the Developmental State and Democracy
    Chapter 6: Korea’s Simultaneous Achievements Reconsidered

    Appendix 1: Gugong (or Kao-kung chi)
    Appendix 2: Central Government Officials in the Gyeongguk daejeon
    Appendix 3: Local Civil Officials Table
    Appendix 4: Craftsmen Table
    Appendix 5: Students in Capital Table
    Appendix 6: List of Government Officials
    Appendix 7: Slaves Central Government
Reviews
Reviews
  • The author renders a fascinating and innovative approach to the political economy of development and state-society relations in Korea through a constructivist analysis of geomantic arrangement of the capital city during three periods, the Joseon Dynasty, the Japanese colonial period, and the Park Chung-hee era. Bold in analytical construct, rich in historical narratives, and far reaching in policy implications.

    — Chung-in Moon, Chairman of the Sejong Institute


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