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@article{ART002509210},
author={Jae-Yin KIM},
title={Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2019},
volume={56},
pages={27-44},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27}

TY - JOUR
AU - Jae-Yin KIM
TI - Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2019
VL - 56
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 27
EP - 44
SN - 1598-0685
AB - In the mid-19th century, in the wake of the coercive opening of ports by imperialist powers, East-Asian countries like China, Japan, and Korea began to perceive that western sciences, technologies, and institutions were superior to their own. The most difficult aspect of interacting with western civilizations and cultures was the absence of the corresponding concepts and realities in East Asia, which could have facilitated the translation of the key concepts in these western cultures. For example, there was neither the concept nor the reality of ‘society’ or the ‘individual’ in East-Asian countries. Thus, new terms that could carry similar meanings were invented in these countries. Their efforts to make ‘modern nations like West’ ultimately failed because of the differences between traditional Eastern and Western ways of life. However, these failures were not necessarily negative, as the Western concepts of ‘society’ and the ‘individual’, which were inventions of the modern West, would eventually serve to facilitate the rise of bourgeois capitalists. Therefore, it is our task to create new concepts comprising alternative visions that can be used to break through the impasse caused by the West during modern times.
KW - society;individual;translation;concept;modern;West;East Asia
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27
ER -

Jae-Yin KIM. (2019). Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’. Cross-Cultural Studies, 56, 27-44.

Jae-Yin KIM. 2019, "Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.56, pp.27-44. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27

Jae-Yin KIM "Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’" Cross-Cultural Studies 56 pp.27-44 (2019) : 27.

Jae-Yin KIM. Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’. 2019; 56 27-44. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27

Jae-Yin KIM. "Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’" Cross-Cultural Studies 56(2019) : 27-44.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27

Jae-Yin KIM. Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’. Cross-Cultural Studies, 56, 27-44. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27

Jae-Yin KIM. Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2019; 56 27-44. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27

Jae-Yin KIM. Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’. 2019; 56 27-44. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27

Jae-Yin KIM. "Is there ‘society’ in Korean society? - An analysis of the Korean reception of the Western idea of ‘society’" Cross-Cultural Studies 56(2019) : 27-44.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2019.56..27