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Title

East-West reflections on demonization : North Korea now, China Next? / edited by Geir Helgesen and Rachel Harrison.

Publication

• Copenhagen, Denmark : NIAS Press, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Helgesen, Geir
• Harrison, Rachel, 1963-
• NIAS Press, publisher.

Description

xvi, 265 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Although the rapid spread worldwide of the coronavirus in 2020 focused minds everywhere on the dangers of a global pandemic, other dangers facing the world have not diminished. Failure to resolve issues relating to the divided Korean peninsula is one of these. Great concern has long been expressed in several quarters about the behavior and ambitions of the reclusive North Korean regime. Often it is presented in Western media as an especially brutal dictatorship whose aggressive expansionist dreams pose a threat to world peace. Others question this one-dimensional picture and argue that a process of selective demonization is at work. In this thoughtful volume, 18 engaged scholars from Asia, the United States and Europe with first-hand knowledge about and experiences in Korea, North and South, share their insights and suggestions with concerned readers worldwide. They strive to get beyond the everyday rhetoric clouding the situation and address the demonization issue, exploring its different aspects from Western and Eastern perspectives. Their approach is to treat the Korean conflict as a multidimensional problem, with historical roots, cross-cultural and political-ideological perspectives, and not least with consequences far beyond the region where it takes place. North Korea is not the only country in the cross-hairs of heavyweight media organizations. The intensifying great power struggle between China and the United States is being played out on television, online and in the print media of both countries and beyond. The volume thus concludes by drawing into its consideration this developing conflict in which the two Koreas play a minor, almost bystander role. As such, as well as providing engaged readers with a more nuanced treatment of the issues, this collection offers important insights to journalists, officials and decision-makers around the world.

Series Statement

NIAS Studies in Asian Topics ; 73

Uniform Title

NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 73.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Diplomatic relations
• Politics and government
• Korea (North) > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century
• Korea (South) > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century
• China > Foreign relations > United States > 21st century
• United States > Foreign relations > China > 21st century
• United States > Foreign relations > Korea (North) > 21st century
• United States > Foreign relations > Korea (South) > 21st century
• Korea (North) > Politics and government > 21st century
• Korea (South) > Politics and government > 21st century
• China > Politics and government > 21st century
• China
• Korea (North)
• Korea (South)
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword: a message of hope / Inde Eidvåg -- Introduction: fifteen essays on demonization, and why to avoid it / Geir Helgesen and Rachel Harrison -- 1. "Tis no sin to cheat the devil': demonization and dehumanization / Rachel Harrison -- 2. The night is dark in North Korea / Kåre Bluitgen -- 3. Reflections on North Korea: myths and reality / James Hoare -- 4. A case of successful demonization and its consequences / Geir Helgesen -- 5. The de-demonization of North Korea / Han S. Park -- 6. Sovereignty matters: North Korea pragmatism and South Korean contradictions / Hazel Smith -- 7. The unwillingness to take North Korea seriously: media stereotypes, problematic sources and the rhetoric surrounding the DPRK / Gianluca Spezza -- 8. The Red Complex in South Korea: the 50-year legacy of demonizing North Korea / Gyuseog Ham -- 9. How a gaze becomes violence: representations of the North Korean sports team at the PyeongChang Olympic Games / Myungkoo Kang -- 10. North Korea over the rainbow: a mysterious demon? / Sungju Park-Kang -- 11. The dangers of demonization: an American perspective / James V. Wertsch and Jacob Finke -- 12. Beyond binaries: Southeast Asian relations with North Korea / Erik Mobrand and Hyejin Kim -- 13. A systematic rival on the doorstep? The politics of politicizing Chinese regional influence in Europe / Chunrong LIu -- 14. Demonizing China: a diagnosis with no cure in sight / Daniel A. Bell -- 15. Why images of the enemy are neglected in conflict analyses and peacebuilding process / Steinar Bryn.

Call Number

JFE 21-4520

ISBN

• 9788776942885
• 8776942880
• 9788776942892
• 8776942899

OCLC

1205590691

Title

East-West reflections on demonization : North Korea now, China Next? / edited by Geir Helgesen and Rachel Harrison.

Publisher

Copenhagen, Denmark : NIAS Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

NIAS Studies in Asian Topics ; 73

NIAS studies in Asian topics ; 73.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Helgesen, Geir, editor.

Harrison, Rachel, 1963- editor.

NIAS Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

JFE 21-4520