Korea The Impossible Country South Korea’s Amazing Rise from the ashes story of an Economic Political and Cultural Phenomenon 1st edition by Daniel Tudor ISBN 0804842523 9780804842525

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ISBN 10: 0804842523
ISBN 13: 9780804842525
Author: Daniel Tudor
Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just fifty years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle.

Daniel Tudor is a journalist who has lived in and written about Korea for almost a decade. In Korea: The Impossible Country, Tudor examines Korea’s cultural foundations; the Korean character; the public sphere in politics, business, and the workplace as well as the family, dating, and marriage. In doing so, he touches on topics as diverse as shamanism, clan-ism, the dilemma posed by North Korea, the myths about doing business in Korea, the Koreans’ renowned hard-partying ethos, and why the infatuation with learning English is now causing massive social problems.

South Korea has undergone two miracles at once: economic development and complete democratization. The question now is, will it become as some see Japan, a prosperous yet aging society, devoid of energy and momentum? Or will the dynamism of Korean society and its willingness to change—as well as the opportunity it has now to welcome outsiders into its fold—enable it to experience a third miracle that will propel it into the ranks of the world’s leading nations regarding human culture, democracy, and wealth?

More than just one journalist’s account, Korea: The Impossible Country also draws on interviews with many of the people who made South Korea what it is today. These include:

Choi Min-sik, the star of “Old Boy.”

Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul.

Soyeon Yi, Korea’s first astronaut Hong Myung-bo, legendary captain of Korea’s 2002 FIFA World Cup team.

Shin Joong-hyun, the ‘Godfather of Korean Rock.’

Ko Un, poet.

Hong Seok-cheon, restaurateur, and the first Korean celebrity to ‘come out.’

Korea The Impossible Country South Korea’s Amazing Rise from the ashes story of an Economic Political and Cultural Phenomenon 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Shamanism and the Spirit World
Chapter 2: Buddhism
Chapter 3: Confucianism
Chapter 4: Christianity
Chapter 5: Capitalism with a Korean Face
Chapter 6: Democracy: Beyond Asian Values

Part II: Cultural Codes
Chapter 7: Jeong—The “Invisible Hug”
Chapter 8: Competition
Chapter 9: Chemyon, or Face
Chapter 10: Han and Heung: The Deep Sadness and Pure Joy in the Korean Mind
Chapter 11: From Clan to Nuclear Family
Chapter 12: Neophilia

Part III: Hyun-Shil: Cold Reality
Chapter 13: North Korea: Friend, Foe, or Foreigner?
Chapter 14: Politics and the Media
Chapter 15: Onward, Industrial Soldiers
Chapter 16: “More Important Than the Business Itself”
Chapter 17: Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Perfect
Chapter 18: English Mania

Part IV: In the Hours Not Spent Working
Chapter 19: Living Space: From Hanok to Apartment Houses and Back Again
Chapter 20: Four Seasons at the Dinner Table
Chapter 21: Cinema: Boom, Bust, and Brilliance
Chapter 22: More Than K-Pop
Chapter 23: Work All Day, Stay Out All Night

Part V: More of “US,” Less of “Them”
Chapter 24: Defensive Nationalism
Chapter 25: Multicultural Korea?
Chapter 26: “It’s Our Turn”
Chapter 27: “We Are Not Aliens From Another Cosmos”
Chapter 28: A Woman’s Place is in the Office

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