@article{ART002941098},
author={
김현 and
송경호
},
title={How Democracy Became Minjujuui: A Conceptual History of Democracy in Modern Korea with Focus on the Generalization Process of Minjujuui},
journal={Korea Journal},
issn={0023-3900},
year={2023},
volume={63},
number={1},
pages={36-65},
doi={10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.36},
url={http://dx.doi.org/10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.36}
TY - JOUR
AU - 김현
AU - 송경호
TI - How Democracy Became Minjujuui: A Conceptual History of Democracy in Modern Korea with Focus on the Generalization Process of Minjujuui
T2 - Korea Journal
PY - 2023
VL - 63
IS - 1
PB - 한국학중앙연구원 한국학중앙연구원
SP - 36-65
SN - 0023-3900
AB - This paper examines the generalization process of minjujuui (the Korean translation of democracy) to better understand the conceptual history of democracy in modern Korea. We first argue that a proper understanding of democracy’s conceptual history in Korea and other non-Western societies must include an analysis of the initial popularization and standardization of the translated term for what once was a foreign word and concept. Unfortunately, this crucial research area has been largely neglected to date. To fill this academic lacuna, our study divides the generalization process of minjujuui into four periods based on the frequency of the term’s use in Korean print media and then subjects each period to a thorough quantitative and qualitative analysis. As a result of this complementary approach, we find that in Korea, the generalization of the translated word minjujuui was accompanied by ideologicalization, politicization, and temporalization of the concept of democracy itself. We further argue that because the key factors that drove this generalization process derived from internal and external forces in Korea, the intensity of the three other processes was even greater than in the West where the concept of democracy originated.
KW - conceptual history, democracy, minjujuui, modern Korea, generalization
DO - 10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.36
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.36
ER -
김현
and
송경호
(2023). How Democracy Became Minjujuui: A Conceptual History of Democracy in Modern Korea with Focus on the Generalization Process of Minjujuui. Korea Journal,
63( 1),
36- 65.
김현
and
송경호
. 2023,
“How Democracy Became Minjujuui: A Conceptual History of Democracy in Modern Korea with Focus on the Generalization Process of Minjujuui”,
Korea Journal,
vol. 63, no. 1,
pp. 36-65.
Available from: doi:10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.36
김현
송경호
et al.
“How Democracy Became Minjujuui: A Conceptual History of Democracy in Modern Korea with Focus on the Generalization Process of Minjujuui” Korea Journal
63.1
pp. 36-65 (2023): 36.
김현
,
송경호
. How Democracy Became Minjujuui: A Conceptual History of Democracy in Modern Korea with Focus on the Generalization Process of Minjujuui Korea Journal [Internet]. 2023;
63( 1),
: 36-65.
Available from: doi:10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.36
김현
and
송경호
. “How Democracy Became Minjujuui: A Conceptual History of Democracy in Modern Korea with Focus on the Generalization Process of Minjujuui” Korea Journal
63, no.1
(2023): 36-65. doi: 10.25024/kj.2023.63.1.36