South Korea under Compressed Modernity

Chang, Kyung‐Sup

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“…In the early stage of industrial capitalism process, Korea regarded traditional Confucian family-centered social order as an obstacle of economy development that shall be swept out, which resulted in diminishing importance of family and marriage in Korean society. In the rapid modernization during 1970s and early 1980s, however, Korea began to make great efforts to reanimate the Confucianism for two purposes: to rediscover and redefine its national ideology, and to compete with and distinguish from other East Asian countries (particular Japan) that were also in process of Westernization [ 19 , 20 ]. As a result, familism (i.e.…”

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Does Marriage Make Us Healthier? Inter-Country Comparative Evidence from China, Japan, and Korea

Noguchi

2016

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ObjectivesThis study focuses on East Asian countries and investigates the difference in the marriage premium on the health-marriage protection effect (MPE) between younger and older generations and the intra-couple education concordance effect (ECE) on the health of married individuals. This study used inter-country comparative data from China, Japan, and Korea.MethodsThis study focused on individuals (n = 7,938) in China, Japan, and Korea who were sampled from the 2010 East Asian Social Survey. To investigate MPE and ECE, four health indicators were utilized: a physical and mental components summary (PCS and MCS), self-rated health status (Dself), and happiness level (Dhappy). Ordinary least squares regression was conducted by country- and gender-specific subsamples.ResultsWe found that the MPE on PCS, MCS, and Dself was more significant for the older generation than for the younger generation in both China and Japan, whereas the results were inconclusive in Korea. With regard to the ECE on happiness (Dhappy), for both men and women, couples tend to be happier when both the husband and the wife are well educated (“higher balanced marriage”) compared to couples with a lower level of educational achievement (“lower balanced marriage”). Significant benefits from a “higher balanced marriage” on MCS and Dself were observed for women only. In contrast, no statistically significant differences in health status were observed between “higher balanced marriage” couples and couples with different levels of educational achievements (“upward marriage” or “downward marriage”).ConclusionsThis study found that (1) the MPE was more significant for the older generation, and (2) the health gap, particularly the happiness gap, between higher- and lower-balanced married couples was significant. The inter-country comparative findings are useful to explain how the role of marriage (and therefore of family) on health has been diluted due to the progress of industrialization and modernization.

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“…As a result, familism (i.e. marriage and family) again became important in all aspects of daily life in Korea [ 20 ].…”

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Does Marriage Make Us Healthier? Inter-Country Comparative Evidence from China, Japan, and Korea

Noguchi

2016

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“…However, to my understanding this strategy is so unique and fascinating that it opens the door to further research and thought, both within Genre and South Korean Cinema studies. In this sense, if we are interested in searching for a connection between this unusual tendency toward a Slippery Structure and South Korean society and culture, we might start by referring to the concept of compressed modernity coined and developed by Chang (2010). Chang proposes a complex conceptual tool for understanding and analyzing Korean society's rapid modernization and transformation, noting that since the 1960s South Koreans 'have successfully condensed what Westerners had experienced socially, politically, and above all economically for over two centuries into an experience of less than half a century' (5).…”

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Sliding through genres: The Slippery Structure in South Korean films

Utin

2016

Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema

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“…To sketch these efforts, Chang's compressed modernity concentrates on the spatio‐temporal processes of condensation and compression (respectively); in other words, on the processes of assimilating Western modern social systems to Korean society, which accompanied various types of deflections resulting in a diverse range of problems and paradoxes (Chang, : 1–13). Seeking answers to the pathological phenomena surrounding Korea's development, reductionist modernity is a concept replete with critical undertones claiming that functional differentiation (Niklas Luhmann) characteristic of Western modernity was not realized smoothly in Korea.…”

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Survivalist Modernity and the Logic of Its Governmentality

Kim

2018

Int J Japanese Sociology

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In this article, I analyze the governmental discourses of Chung‐Hee Park, drawing on Walter Benjamin's concept of the archeology of dreams. Following Benjamin, I argue that modern Korea has been shaped largely under the prevailing influence of survivalism, viewed as a principle of governmentality as well as a collective mentality. Since the late 19th century the Korean peninsula has been enmeshed in enduring geopolitico‐economic threats. The Cold War brought about suffering through the Korean War, which was carried over into an authoritarian and developmental state. Finally, under the hegemony of neoliberalism at the end of the 20th century, Koreans once again underwent a collective crisis of survival. Here, I focus on Cold War survivalism and explore the discourses of Chung‐Hee Park as representative texts exemplifying the logic and rationale of survivalist governmentality. Viewed as the most influential figure of 20th‐century Korea, Park crystallized and implemented a survivalist governmentality, the fundamental logic of which can be delineated in the following four axioms: (i) the transcendental structure of problems, (ii) kairotic time, (iii) the praxeology of power, and (iv) the sovereign leader. These four constitute the specific narrative of national survival that functioned as a blueprint for building up the developmental Korean state.

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South Korea under Compressed Modernity

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Does Marriage Make Us Healthier? Inter-Country Comparative Evidence from China, Japan, and Korea

Does Marriage Make Us Healthier? Inter-Country Comparative Evidence from China, Japan, and Korea

Sliding through genres: The Slippery Structure in South Korean films

Survivalist Modernity and the Logic of Its Governmentality

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