Asian Tradition and Cosmopolitan Politics : Dialogue with Kim Dae-Jung.

Cover -- Asian Tradition and Cosmopolitan Politics -- Asian Tradition and Cosmopolitan Politics -- Contents -- Foreword -- NOTE -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- WHAT IS COSMOPOLITANISM? -- STRATEGY OF RECONSTRUCTION -- ASIAN VALUES, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND DEMOCRACY -- UNIVERSAL GLOBALISM AND REINTERPRETATION OF CONFUCIANISM -- COSMOPOLITAN ASPECT OF THE NORTH- SOUTH RECONCILIATION POLICY -- HISTORICAL MEMORY -- ABOUT THE BOOK -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Part I -- TWO PRESIDENTS ON PEACE IN EAST ASIA -- Chapter 1 -- East Asia in the Twenty-First Century -- INFLUENCE OF EAST ASIA ON THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY -- "GRIEF AND DESPAIR OF POVERTY" -- Resolving North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Issue -- Peaceful Resolution on the Korean Peninsula -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 2 -- Forging the Future through Competition and Cooperation -- TRADITIONS AND RELATIONS OF CHINA AND KOREA -- COOPERATION FOR COMMON INTEREST -- FOREIGN CURRENCY CRISIS IN ASIA -- ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND KOREA -- CHINA AND KOREA: FOR PEACE IN NORTHEAST ASIA -- CONCLUSION: WORDS FOR THE STUDENTS -- NOTE -- Chapter 3 -- New Threats to Peace Today -- COMMON TOILS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- Peace in the New Phase -- FRAMING THE FUTURE OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 4 -- Why Do We Need a Civilized Dialogue? -- DIALOGUE: WHAT WE NEED IN THE WORLD TODAY -- TWO CONTRADICTORY TRENDS OF OUR DAYS -- FROM DIVISION TO UNIFICATION -- WHAT IS THE SITUATION NOW IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA? -- TOWARD REGIONAL COOPERATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 5 -- Japan, East Asia, and Global Peace -- NOTE -- Chapter 6 -- Toward the Age of Pacific Civilization -- THE HOPE OF RECOVERY -- ECONOMIC POWER OF EAST ASIA -- HONG KONG IN THE MIDST OF THE CRISIS -- STRUCTURAL REFORM OF THE KOREAN ECONOMY -- ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC AGE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE.

Chapter 7 -- A Dialogue with Two Presidents -- NOTE -- Part II -- WHY DO I BELIEVE IN GLOBAL DEMOCRACY? -- Chapter 8 -- Why Do I Believe in Global Democracy? -- NEW HUMANITARIANISM IN SEARCH FOR IDEAL SOCIETY -- VICTORY OF DEMOCRACY AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD -- CONTENDING ISSUES ON NEW HUMANITARIANISM AND GLOBAL DEMOCRACY -- TOWARD THE COMMON GOOD OF SOCIETY -- CULTIVATION OF CRITICAL MINDS -- INFLUENCE OF THE GREAT MINDS ON MY LIFE -- MY FAITH AS CHRISTIAN -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 9 -- Democracy Is Our Destiny -- APRIL STUDENT REVOLUTION IN THE HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OF KOREA -- THE LEGACIES OF THE APRIL STUDENT REVOLUTION -- Political Reform and National Unity -- Peace on the Korean Peninsula -- Civil Society and Participatory Democracy -- GLOBAL DEMOCRACY IS OUR FUTURE -- If You Doubt the Prospect of Democracy in Asia -- Global Cooperation Facilitates Global Democracy -- Democracy is Our Destiny -- NOTE -- Chapter 10 -- Popular Sovereignty -- AH! GWANGJU! AH! DEMOCRACY! -- THE FOUR SPIRITS OF THE GWANGJU MOVEMENT -- KEEPING THE SPIRITS ALIVE -- TOWARD THE AGE OF GREAT UNITY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 11 -- Five Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty -- IN APPRECIATION OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF KOREA AS A DE FACTO ABOLITIONIST COUNTRY -- NOTE -- Chapter 12 -- Democracy Will Eventually Win in Burma -- TEARS OF BURMA UNDER MILITARY DICTATORSHIP -- DEMOCRACIES HELP OTHER DEMOCRACIES IN DIFFICULTIES -- BURMESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE MAIN PLAYERS -- NOTE -- Chapter 13 -- The Sunshine Policy and Peace -- SUNSHINE IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA -- SUNSHINE IN EASTERN EUROPE -- Sunshine in China -- CONCLUSION -- DIALOGUE WITH STUDENTS2 -- DIALOGUE WITH PRESIDENT FAUST3 -- NOTES -- Chapter 14 -- Dawning Era of "Universal Globalism" -- THE RAPID CHANGES UNDER THE EMERGING UNIVERSAL GLOBALISM -- IT IS THE TIME FOR UNIVERSAL VALUES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE.

Part III -- ASIAN TRADITIONS AND GLOBAL DEMOCRACY: DIALOGUE WITH SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS -- Chapter 15 -- Democracy in Asia and Human Rights -- UPON ARRIVAL AT SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY -- The Debate with Lee Kuan Yew -- THE CULTURE OF ASIA AND DEMOCRACY -- MENCIUS AND MO-TZU -- THE TRADITION OF BUDDHISM -- TONGHAK AND DEMOCRATIZATION -- THE FIVE REVOLUTIONS THAT HAVE SWEPT HUMANKIND -- THE TRADITIONS OF THE EAST AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF DEMOCRACY -- FEUDALISM AND THE SYSTEM OF PREFECTURES AND COUNTIES (OR KOON-HYUN SYSTEM) -- THE SYSTEM OF CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS -- THE LIMITS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND THE CRITICAL ROLE OF THE SCHOLARS -- FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE INTERPRETATION OF INTERNAL STRIFE -- INTERACTION WITHIN EAST ASIA -- AN EXAMINATION OF HISTORICAL CASES -- THE EXPERIENCE OF JAPAN AND GERMANY -- THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES -- DEMOCRACY IN THE INFORMATION AGE -- THE PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY IN ASIA -- THE GOAL OF A DEVELOPED NATION AS A MORAL NATION -- THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NATURE AND MAN -- IN CLOSING -- DEBATE WITH STUDENTS -- Question One -- Response -- Question Two -- Response -- Question Three -- Response -- Question Four -- Response -- Question Five -- Response -- Question Six -- Response -- EPILOGUE, BY HAN SANG-JIN -- NOTES -- Chapter 16 -- Kim Dae-jung and Lee Kuan Yew -- THE BACKGROUND -- THE POLEMIC SO FAR: ASIAN VALUES VERSUS WESTERN VALUES -- THE EXPANDED DEBATE: ASIAN VALUES VERSUS ASIAN VALUES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 17 -- Confucian Traditions and Democracy -- CONFUCIAN TRADITION OF CHINA -- CULTURE -- JOSEON'S -- BUREAUCRATISM AND THE SEONBI'S SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE -- RITUALISM AND MORALISM -- THE ACTUALIZATION OF DEMOCRACY IN KOREA THROUGH CONFUCIANISM -- NOTE -- Chapter 18 -- Kim Dae-jung's Interpretation of Asian Democratic Traditions -- DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS OF ASIA AND CONFUCIAN THOUGHTS.

It is the People Who Make the King -- The King Provides Good for the People -- It is the People Who Support the King -- NOTE -- Chapter 19 -- Buddhist Traditions and Kim Dae-jung's Democratic Theory -- THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE ORIGIN OF BUDDHISM AND DEMOCRACY -- A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHISM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 20 -- Democracy and Factional Conflict -- THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF FACTIONALISM -- THE FACTIONS OF THE JOSEON PERIOD -- THE NEGATIVE DIMENSION OF FACTIONAL CONFLICT -- THE POSITIVE SIDE OF FACTIONALISM -- IN SEARCH OF THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION OF FACTIONAL CONFLICT -- NOTE -- Chapter 21 -- Is Information Society a Blessing? -- OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK OF INFORMATION SOCIETY IN KIM DAE-JUNG'S LECTURE -- REALIZING ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY -- EMPLOYERS IN INFORMATION SOCIETY: POSSIBILITY OF ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE -- IN NEED OF REALISTIC FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- NOTE -- Chapter 22 -- Human Beings and Environment -- PROBLEM OF TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM. -- NEW PERSPECTIVE IN CRITICAL NEED TO UNITE NATURE AND MAN -- SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STATE OF THE NEW SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 23 -- The Tidelands Policy and Kim Dae-jung's Notion of Global Democracy -- KIM DAE-JUNG'S NOTION OF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY -- GLOBAL DEMOCRACY AND TIDELANDS POLICY -- Tidelands and the Beings Related to the Tidelands -- The Debate Over Tidelands -- Global Democracy and Tidelands Policy -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 24 -- Cyberspace and Human Rights -- INFORMATIONIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN REALITY Concern -- Developing Human Rights Discourse on the Cyberspace -- DISTINCTIVENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE IN CYBERSPACE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Part IV -- COSMOPOLITAN VISION WITH ASIAN IDENTITY -- Chapter 25 -- Confucian Pathway to Cosmopolitan Democracy -- CULTURE AND TRADITION IN A NEW MILLENNIUM.

THE WORLD SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION AND THE SPREAD OF CONFUCIANISM -- THE GREAT CULTURAL CREATIVITY OF THE PEOPLE OF KOREA -- A REEXAMINATION OF THE NOTIONS OF LOYALTY AND FILIAL PIETY -- THE LOYALTY OF CONFUCIANISM AND DEMOCRACY -- CONFUCIAN PIETY AND THE ETHIC OF MUTUAL CARE -- CONFUCIANISM AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY KOREA -- BECOMING A DEVELOPED NATION THROUGH A MENTAL REVOLUTION -- NOTES -- Chapter 26 -- What Is Good Governance in the Twenty-First Century? -- AUTHORITARIANISM IS NO FRIEND OF GOOD GOVERNANCE -- REFORM AND COOPERATE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY -- THE TWENTIETH CENTURY VS. THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- MAXIMIZE GROWTH POTENTIALS IN THE AGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION -- THE SHADOW OF INFORMATION REVOLUTION AND MISSIONS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE -- Fight Against Poverty and Productive Welfare -- Develop Human Resources through Education -- Resolve Conflicts through Communication and Dialogue -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 27 -- Cosmopolitan Dialogue for American Leadership -- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE -- HOPE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY -- HOPE FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION -- HOPE FOR PEACE IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA -- DIALOGUE WITH STUDENTS FROM HARVARD -- NOTE -- Chapter 28 -- World Peace through IT Revolution -- NEW MENACES TO PEACE IN GLOBALIZED WORLD -- SUNSHINE POLICY MUST GO ON -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 29 -- Eurasian Iron Silk Road -- KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, GLOBALIZATION, AND THE "DIGITAL DIVIDE" -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE -- SILK ROAD OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN KOREA AND THE EU -- KOREAN PENINSULA: EFFORTS FOR UNIFICATION -- GLOBAL THREAT OF TERRORISM -- CELEBRATION OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- Chapter 30 -- Toward Human Welfare and Happiness -- THE MOST SERIOUS CHALLENGE OF HUMANKIND -- HANDS IN HANDS FOR A COMMON PURPOSE -- THE FIGHT AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

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This collection examines the significance of Kim Dae-jung's political thought on democracy, human rights, and peace, focusing on Kim's combination of a cosmopolitan vision and an Asian identity. This volume includes writings and speeches by Kim as well as numerous contributions by others.

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