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The International Politics Perspectives on Researches on Nation Building in the Post-Colonial, Post cold War Period after Liberation

Soo Ja Kim 1

1이화여자대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study examines the trends of researches of the contemporary history after post cold war period, centered on nation building, the most important task and primary concern along with post-colonialism in the liberation period considering international political situation The differences in perception and perspective on the construction of the nation right after the liberation are related to the question of whether to emphasize nation or democratic system. These differences are also closely related to the domestic and international situation such as the post-cold war due to the change of the times. After the democratization period of the 1980s, research on the post - 1945 period has focused on the process of establishing a divided nation on the Korean peninsula. This research tendency began by reconsidering the traditional studies on causes of division and responsibility theory before the 1980s. It was closely related to the efforts to find a solution to overcome the division of two Koreas. The early research of contemporary history, which began after the democratization of the 1980s, aimed to restore Korean history after liberation. And it mainly focused on big discourses such as nation, unification, class, and concentrated on the period of 1945- 1948. This was related to the current interest in properly grasping the reality of division. Since the late 1990s, 'new' positions have emerged in contemporary history. They proposed a "new" view on the establishment of the government of the Republic of Korea after liberation. In particular, they criticized the existing researches on establishment of the government and the first president Rhee syung man and tried to evaluate actively them. Their study can be called New Light. The researchers of the New Right emphasized that the Soviet policy after liberation was so aggressive that it was inevitable for Rhee to establish the sole governemt. They positively evaluate that the Republic of Korea has chosen "iberal democracy" and a market economy system and concluded a Korea-US alliance. Post-liberation research requires a lot of historical facts, which can elucidate the complex international relations of this period and the nature of the establishment of the state of domestic political forces that interacted and act in tandem. And interdisciplinary studies is required for sharing research and research perspectives in the fields of political economics and sociology.

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