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題名 Post-Democracy and Historicism: The Hidden Origin of the Korea-Japan Trade War
作者 尹智煥
Yun, Ji-Whan
貢獻者 Issues & Studies
關鍵詞 The Korea-Japan trade war  ;  post-democracy  ;  historicism  ;  neoliberalization  ;  legitimacy
日期 2021-03
上傳時間 18-Nov-2021 14:55:32 (UTC+8)
摘要 Since Japan`s imposition of export controls against Korea in July 2019 and its following countermoves, including the termination of the General Security of Military Information Agreement, the governments of both countries have presented their own narratives of the origin of this trade war, both of which mirror theories of international politics. Nonetheless, these narratives mask several domestic origins. Most importantly, this paper demonstrates that behind the trade war, there has been a preoccupation of the two governments with mutually irreconcilable version forms of historicism. One is Korea`s pro-naturalist historicism, seeing Korean history as being preordained by the universal laws of human progress and defining Japan as a historical reactionary. The other is Japan`s anti-naturalist historicism, upholding internationalism as a new driving force of history that will transform Japan from a war criminal state into a proper subject in international society while criticizing Korea as being a drag on this transformation. This paper argues that, resulting from decades-long neoliberal politics that have disturbed the state-society balance, the national structure of post-democracy has encouraged each government to push historicism to its limit as an alternative source of political legitimacy in lieu of democratic accountability. Concretely, it shows that post-democracy has determined (1) the historicist framing of emerging conflicts, (2) the government`s legislative struggles to realize historicist policies, and (3) the incontestability of historicist hostility by other ideas in each country.
關聯 Issues & Studies, 57(1), 1-27
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1142/S101325112150003X
dc.contributor Issues & Studies
dc.creator (作者) 尹智煥
dc.creator (作者) Yun, Ji-Whan
dc.date (日期) 2021-03
dc.date.accessioned 18-Nov-2021 14:55:32 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 18-Nov-2021 14:55:32 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 18-Nov-2021 14:55:32 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/137879-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Since Japan`s imposition of export controls against Korea in July 2019 and its following countermoves, including the termination of the General Security of Military Information Agreement, the governments of both countries have presented their own narratives of the origin of this trade war, both of which mirror theories of international politics. Nonetheless, these narratives mask several domestic origins. Most importantly, this paper demonstrates that behind the trade war, there has been a preoccupation of the two governments with mutually irreconcilable version forms of historicism. One is Korea`s pro-naturalist historicism, seeing Korean history as being preordained by the universal laws of human progress and defining Japan as a historical reactionary. The other is Japan`s anti-naturalist historicism, upholding internationalism as a new driving force of history that will transform Japan from a war criminal state into a proper subject in international society while criticizing Korea as being a drag on this transformation. This paper argues that, resulting from decades-long neoliberal politics that have disturbed the state-society balance, the national structure of post-democracy has encouraged each government to push historicism to its limit as an alternative source of political legitimacy in lieu of democratic accountability. Concretely, it shows that post-democracy has determined (1) the historicist framing of emerging conflicts, (2) the government`s legislative struggles to realize historicist policies, and (3) the incontestability of historicist hostility by other ideas in each country.
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dc.relation (關聯) Issues & Studies, 57(1), 1-27
dc.subject (關鍵詞) The Korea-Japan trade war  ;  post-democracy  ;  historicism  ;  neoliberalization  ;  legitimacy
dc.title (題名) Post-Democracy and Historicism: The Hidden Origin of the Korea-Japan Trade War
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1142/S101325112150003X
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1142/S101325112150003X