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The Imagination of the Constitution
: The History of a Democratic Republic

Author

Shim Yonghwan

Publisher

SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.

Categories

Humanities & Society

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

  • #Politics
  • #constitution
  • #history
  • #Korean history
  • #establishment of government
  • #Republic of Korea

Copyright Contact

Kang Hyunjoo

  • Publication Date

    2017-02-17
  • No. of pages

    352
  • ISBN

    9791160940121
  • Dimensions

    145 * 220
Overview

This book gives readers a glimpse of the guarantee of human rights and their values provided by the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.

Book Intro

This book examines the constitutional histories of the US, Germany, Japan, France, Chile, Northern European countries, and South Korea and challenges readers to ask what makes up a good constitution. The constitutional history of the world can be seen as one in which the liberties and rights of citizens are guaranteed and expanded. As the history of each country is different, however, the way in which citizens record their history is also different. What can we infer from the fact that many countries of the world went through numerous iterations of their respective constitutions, including South Korea where the Constitution underwent nine different changes over a span of 70 years?

Author Shim Yonghwan relates each moment of Korea's constitutional change to the constitutions of other nations. He then relates the definitions and values that each country wanted to establish to the political ideas of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Reinhold Niebuhr, Robert Michels, Erving Goffman, John Stuart Mill, and Émile Durkheim. To this end, Shim examines Germany's Weimar Constitution (the so-called archetype of the democratic constitution) and the reasons why it could not prevent the emergence of Hitler and Nazi Germany while also examining how Syngman Rhee was able to easily change the Constitution of the Republic of Korea to extend his power. In addition, Reinhold Niebuhr's Moral Man and Immoral Society is referenced to uncover how rational human beliefs can become distorted in large groups. What's more, John Stuart Mill's Considerations on Representative Government is referenced to analyze how Park Chung-hee's Yu-shin regime and Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s came to be accepted by the citizens at the time. Shim elaborates on history, philosophy, politics, and ideas to remind readers that the ultimate authority is owned by people. By restoring this sense of ownership, we will be able to forge a new future. This book will be a spark of imagination to those seeking justice and common sense in Korea at a time when the need for the people's own constitutional story is stronger than ever.

About the Author

Shim Yonghwan



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