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Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past

Essays in Collective Memory
By:Mikyoung Kim
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230237476
eText ISBN:9780230277427
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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The problem of memory in China, Japan and Korea involves a surfeit rather than a deficit of memory, and the consequence of this excess is negative: unforgettable traumas prevent nations from coming to terms with the problems of the present. These compelling essays enrich Western scholarship by applying to it insights derived from Asian settings.