Preface. Acknowledgments. Notes on names and Asian characters. Introduction: from Western-centrism to post-Western-centrism in Korea. Part 1 Defining Western-centrism : Understanding Western-centrism -- The historical evolution of Western-centrism -- Western-centrism and Sinocentrism. Part 2 Western-centrism in Western political thought : The origin and evolution of Western-centrism in the history of Western political thought -- Western-centrism in Locke's Theory of Property -- Western-centrism in Samuel P. Huntington's Theory of Democratic Transition. Part 3 Contemporary Korean political thought : Pristine versus secondary modernization -- The ideological status of Korean conservatism -- The democratization of Korea or the Korean-ization of democracy. Part 4 Beyond the shadow of Western-centrism : The negative impact of Western-centrism in Korean political studies -- Discursive strategies for overcoming Western-centrism -- Beyond the shadow of Western-centrism. Bibliography. Index of subjects. Index of names. About the author
Summary
An outgrowth of the critical examination of Western political theory embedded in Western-centrism and the tumultuous ideational processes by which contemporary Korean political theory and reality have intensely interacted (both in convergent and divergent ways). The book addresses complex and variegated ideas regarding Western centrism: the definition of Western-centrism; how Western-centrism is compared and contrasted with other forms of centrism such as Sinocentrism, capitalism (bourgeois-centrism) patriarchy (male-centrism), and racism (white-centrism); how Western-centrism has evolved in world history and in the history of Western political thought; how the evolution of contemporary Korean political thought has been interwoven with Western-centrism; the ill effects Western-centrism has brought about in Korean society and academia; and, ultimately, how Western-centrism can be overcome
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 26, 2015)
