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@article{ART001928517},
author={Myunghee Kang},
title={The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2014},
volume={71},
number={4},
pages={229-267},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229}

TY - JOUR
AU - Myunghee Kang
TI - The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2014
VL - 71
IS - 4
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 229
EP - 267
SN - 1598-3021
AB - The ideas of liberalism were introduced into Korea in the late 19thcentury,providing an ideological framework for the nation-building of awealthy and strong state. The main characteristic of Korean liberalismformed at this time was the harmonious pursuit of individual liberty andnational independence. After the March 1 independence movement, politicalliberal movements were repressed by Japanese colonial rule. Instead,Korean intellectuals expressed their liberal concerns through cultural aspects,by criticizing dogmatic Confucian culture and by aiming to build a ‘NewCulture’ in which the human rights of the individual were guaranteed. Liberalistic attempts of the early 20thcentury Korea were also expressedas movements of freedom of speech (and of association). Liberalism wasnever accepted affirmatively, and has even been negated as an‘out-of-date’ ideology which advocated capitalist interests while socialismrose as a mainstream ideology in Korea after the 1920’s. Liberalism inKorea existed by providing a supporting role to ‘Liberal Democracy’ andas a collaborator of nationalism after National Liberation in 1945.
KW - Liberalism;individualism;freedom of speech;the New Culture Movement;Gaebyuk magazine;culturalism;new liberalism;socialism;economic liberalism
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229
ER -

Myunghee Kang. (2014). The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 71(4), 229-267.

Myunghee Kang. 2014, "The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.71, no.4 pp.229-267. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229

Myunghee Kang "The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 71.4 pp.229-267 (2014) : 229.

Myunghee Kang. The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea. 2014; 71(4), 229-267. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229

Myunghee Kang. "The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 71, no.4 (2014) : 229-267.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229

Myunghee Kang. The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 71(4), 229-267. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229

Myunghee Kang. The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2014; 71(4) 229-267. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229

Myunghee Kang. The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea. 2014; 71(4), 229-267. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229

Myunghee Kang. "The Formation of Liberalism and its Failure in Early 20 th Century Korea" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 71, no.4 (2014) : 229-267.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.71.4.201411.229