Dynamics of Knowledge Circulation

The book is about the evolution and transformation of knowledge and knowledge systems in the context of cultural contact. The articles take Korea as an example and deal with the configuration, dissemination and consolidation of knowledge in certain contexts of the past and present. Combining philological and social scientific approaches, this book is the result of a joint research project of the Korean Studies institutes at Freie Universität Berlin and Ruhr University Bochum pursued between 2009 and 2014.

Autorentext

Eun-Jeung Lee is Professor for Korean Studies at Freie Universität Berlin with a research focus on politics and history of political ideas.

Marion Eggert is Professor for Korean Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum with a research focus on Korean literary and intellectual history.

Inhalt

Contents: Marion Eggert: Pak Chi-won, Ch'oe Han-gi and Early Modern Transformations of Conceptions of Knowledge in Korea - Eun-Jeung Lee: Dreaming of a Strong State: The Notion of the State in the Works of Yu Kil-Chun - Jörg Plassen: Some remarks on the Notions of «Freedom» (chayu) and «Love» (sarang) in Manhae Han Yong-un's (1879-944) Nim-ui ch'immuk - Eric J. Ballbach: Framing an Enemy? A Comparative Analysis of the Media Framing of North Korea - Thorsten Traulsen: The Rise of the Text Style «Vernacular Explication» (ohae) in Early Choso Korea, 1392-598 - Diglossia, Canon, and Hermeneutics - - Myung In Yu: The Idiom Jiuyunmeng and the Novel Kuunmong: The Circulation of Motifs Related to the Yunmeng Marsh in China and Korea - Dennis Wuerthner: On premodern transformations and modern evaluations of Kuunmong - Daniela Claus: Hallyu in Germany - Florian Pölking: Technical Knowledge among High Officials in the Late Choson Dynasty - Uigwe ( ) as Conduit for Construction Expertise? - Hannes B. Mosler: Translations of constitutional ideas: the genesis of the ?«Free Democratic Basic Order» in Germany, Korea, and Taiwan.