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Preface ix
Introduction 1
Korean civilization and cultural tradition 7
The configuration of Korean civilization 9
A stocktaking on historical sociology of Korean civilization 9
Civilization theories 13
Korean civilizational development under the shadow of China and Japan 24
Peculiarities of Korean civilization 32
The search for meaning in Korean culture 36
Beyond particularism and universalism 37
The core cultural traditions: Shamanism and Confucianism 44
State formation 55
State formation in post-colonial Korea 57
The theoretical background 57
State formation in early Korean history 64
State formation in post-colonial Korea: a key modern project 71
Civil society, reflexive subject and transformative culture 82
Beyond action and system theory 82
The dimension of cultural imaginary 90
Capitalist development 101
The historical sociology of Korea's modernization 103
The historical trajectory of Korean modernization 103
The South Korean project of modernization 108
Korea's rise and integration into the world system 116
South Korea's integration into the world system: in search of a niche 116
State autonomy and economic modernization 123
The Korean economic crisis: the end of a miracle or a turning point? 130
Direct causes of the economic crisis 130
Background to the economic crisis: the structural weakness 132
Changes in the mode of accumulation 136
South Korea in transition 140
Nationalism and reunification 143
National identity, nationalism and nation building in Korea 145
Nation-state and nationalism 145
Struggle for national identity: Korean nationalism 149
Nationalism and nation building 155
Reunification and a new national identity 159
Reunification as a radical project of state formation 164
The unfinished project of state formation 164
Korea's reunification: so close yet so far? 169
Geopolitical variations: impediment or support? 174
A rapprochement: slow but steady 177
Conclusion 180
Notes 185
Bibliography 209
Index 232
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