Japanese Imperial Sport as Failed Cultural Conditioning: Korean ‘Recalcitrance’

Calculated Nationalism in Contemporary South Korea

“…Contrasting the Japanese condescending perception of the Korean peninsula since the 19th century, Koreans have considered Japan the competitor to fight against in terms of economy, technology, and sports. Korea-Japan Football Rivalry attracts the whole nation's emotional attachment to the games (Mangan, Park, and Ok 2018;Ok and Mangan 2018). The Korean media, in general, and the conservative ones in particular, 2 have reportedly underestimated Korea's achievement in most areas in comparison with Japan, making the psyche of Korean people overwhelmed with an inferiority complex for decades, largely based on flunkeyism.…”

Calculated Nationalism in Contemporary South Korea

“…Contrasting the Japanese condescending perception of the Korean peninsula since the 19th century, Koreans have considered Japan the competitor to fight against in terms of economy, technology, and sports. Korea-Japan Football Rivalry attracts the whole nation's emotional attachment to the games (Mangan, Park, and Ok 2018;Ok and Mangan 2018). The Korean media, in general, and the conservative ones in particular, 2 have reportedly underestimated Korea's achievement in most areas in comparison with Japan, making the psyche of Korean people overwhelmed with an inferiority complex for decades, largely based on flunkeyism.…”