A Future-Conceptual History of Informatization in South Korea: A Preliminary Study from the (International) Political Perspective

Abstract This article attempts to strip away the Eurocentrism of the Enlightenment, to reconsider how this concept that originated in Europe was transmitted to China. This is thus an attempt to treat the Enlightenment in terms of its global, worldwide significance. Coming from this perspective, the Enlightenment can be viewed as a history of the exchange and interweaving of concepts, a history of translation and quotation, and thus a history of the joint production of knowledge. We must reconsider the dimensions of both time and space in examining the global Enlightenment project. As a concept, the Enlightenment for the most part has been molded by historical actors acting in local circumstances. It is not a concept shaped and brought into being solely from textual sources originating in Europe. As a concept, the Enlightenment enabled historical actors in specific localities to begin to engage in globalized thinking, and to find a place for their individual circumstances within the global setting. This article follows such a line of thought, to discuss the conceptual history of the Enlightenment in China, giving special emphasis to the processes of formation and translation of this concept within the overall flow of modern Chinese history.

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Historical Overview of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences

The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190847388.013.10 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 21-58

Author(s):

Svend Brinkmann ◽

Michael Hviid Jacobsen ◽

Søren Kristiansen

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Social History ◽

Historical Overview ◽

Conceptual History ◽

The Social ◽

History Of ◽

Technological History

Qualitative research does not represent a monolithic, agreed-on approach to research but is a vibrant and contested field with many contradictions and different perspectives. To respect the multivoicedness of qualitative research, this chapter will approach its history in the plural—as a variety of histories. The chapter will work polyvocally and focus on six histories of qualitative research, which are sometimes overlapping, sometimes in conflict, and sometimes even incommensurable. They can be considered articulations of different discourses about the history of the field, which compete for researchers’ attention. The six histories are: (a) the conceptual history of qualitative research, (b) the internal history of qualitative research, (c) the marginalizing history of qualitative research, (d) the repressed history of qualitative research, (e) the social history of qualitative research, and (f) the technological history of qualitative research.

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The Demise of Non-Communist Parties in North Korea (1945–1960)

Journal of Cold War Studies ◽

10.1162/15203970151032164 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 103-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrei N. Lankov

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

Communist Party ◽

North Korea ◽

History Of ◽

United Front ◽

The 1950S

This article, based on newly declassified material from the Russian archives, deals with the fate of non-Communist parties in North Korea in the 1950s. Like the “people's democracies” in Eastern Europe, North Korea had (and still technically has) a few non-Communist parties. The ruling Communist party included these parties within the framework of a “united front,” designed to project the facade of a multiparty state, to control domestic dissent, and to establish links with parties in South Korea. The article traces the history of these parties under Soviet and local Communist control from the mid-1940s to their gradual evisceration in the 1950s.

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Oriental Cholangiohepatitis in a Caucasian male

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports ◽

10.1177/2050313x211035573 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 2050313X2110355

Author(s):

Laura Suzanne K Suarez ◽

Larnelle N Simms ◽

Khaled Deeb ◽

Curtis E Scott

Keyword(s):

Abdominal Pain ◽

South Korea ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Biliary Decompression ◽

Caucasian Male ◽

Extensive Evaluation ◽

Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis ◽

History Of

Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (RPC) is a condition found almost exclusively in individuals who lived in Southeast Asia. We report a case of a Caucasian veteran diagnosed with RPC after presenting with a 5-year history of recurrent fevers and abdominal pain 20 years after serving in Japan, South Korea, and Guam. Extensive evaluation led to the diagnosis of RPC with improvement after biliary decompression and antibiotics. Although rare, RPC should be considered in individuals who present with recurrent bouts of abdominal pain and fevers regardless of race.

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The practice of surrogacy as a phenomenon of ‘bare life’: An analysis of the Japanese case applying Agamben’s theory

Current Sociology ◽

10.1177/0011392120964893 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 001139212096489

Author(s):

Yoshie Yanagihara

Keyword(s):

Japanese Society ◽

The United States ◽

Cultural Representations ◽

Bare Life ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Surrogate Mothers ◽

Political Perspective ◽

Mothers And Children ◽

History Of ◽

Magazine Articles

This article elaborates the cultural and political structures that inform the belief among Japanese that surrogacy is legitimate. It argues that this belief reflects a transition from previously negative attitudes toward surrogacy practices developed in the United States. The article first elaborates the history of the Japanese recognition of surrogacy by introducing early forms of East Asian surrogacy that lasted until the first half of the 20th century. Second, it explores the recent shift in Japanese discussions about surrogacy through an analysis of cultural representations on the topic, mainly referring to a dataset of magazine articles published from 1981 to the present. The author then calls upon Giorgio Agamben’s theoretical framework to discuss the juridico-political perspective of ‘bare life’ as it relates to surrogacy, and argues that considering surrogate mothers and children conceived through surrogacy as bare life makes surrogate practice seem reasonable in modern Japanese society. To conclude, the article stresses the importance of incorporating women’s reproductive functions into law to prevent women and their conceived children from becoming bare life, and being exposed to violence, in the form of a surrogacy contract.

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Analysis of Developmental Chronology of South Korean Compressed Growth as a Reference from Sustainable Development Perspectives

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13041905 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 1905

Author(s):

Sea Jin Kim ◽

Woo-Kyun Lee ◽

Jun Young Ahn ◽

Wona Lee ◽

Soo Jeong Lee

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

South Korea ◽

Korean War ◽

National Development ◽

South Korean ◽

Political Conflicts ◽

Developmental Indicators ◽

The Korean War ◽

History Of ◽

Economic Perspectives

Global challenges including overpopulation, climate change, and income inequality have increased, and a demand for sustainability has emerged. Decision-making for sustainable development is multifaceted and interlinked, owing to the diverse interests of different stakeholders and political conflicts. Analysing a situation from all social, political, environmental, and economic perspectives is necessary to achieve balanced growth and facilitate sustainable development. South Korea was among the poorest countries following the Korean War; however, it has developed rapidly since 1955. This growth was not limited to economic development alone, and the chronology of South Korean development may serve as a reference for development in other countries. Here, we explore the compressed growth of South Korea using a narrative approach and time-series, comparative, and spatial analyses. Developmental indicators, along with the modern history of South Korea, are introduced to explain the reasons for compressed growth. The development of the mid-latitude region comprising 46 countries in this study, where nearly half of Earth’s population resides, was compared with that of South Korea; results show that the developmental chronology of South Korea can serve as a reference for national development in this region.

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