History of Capitalism in Korea

(4 Credits)

This course will introduce students to the history of capitalism in Korea. It encourages students to maintain temporal as well as epistemological distance from the capitalist world in which we presently inhabit, since we are living deep within capitalism. It will attempt this challenging enterprise, first, by taking a historical journey back to Korea before its capitalist subsumption; secondly, by examining specific capitalist forms in modern Korea; and, finally, by engaging in theoretical discussions of capitalism in a global sense. Students will gain new insights about capitalism in Korea that will resonate across the rest of the world.