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Heonik Kwon

    1. leden 1962

    Profesor Heonik Kwon je antropolog, jehož práce se zabývá lidským utrpením, pamětí a rituály v kontextu válek a postkoloniálních dějin. Zkoumá, jakým způsobem se pozůstalí po násilí a ztrátách vyrovnávají s následky konfliktů, a to s využitím etnografických metod a pohledu z perspektivy těch, kteří byli válkou nejvíce zasaženi. Jeho inovativní přístup zkoumá Studenou válku a dynastickou politiku z nových úhlů a snaží se o nové pojetí moderních korejských dějin. Kwonovo dílo proniká do historie, sociologie a politologie a odhaluje hluboké lidské strategie pro zvládání traumat a uchování paměti.

    Spirit Power
    Ghosts of War in Vietnam
    • Ghosts of War in Vietnam

      • 234 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      3,8(63)Ohodnotit

      Focusing on the collective memory of the Vietnam War, this book delves into how popular culture interprets and represents the haunting presence of war ghosts. It examines the interplay between history and imagination, revealing how these spectral figures shape our understanding of trauma and loss associated with the conflict. Through various narratives, the book highlights the enduring impact of the Vietnam War on collective consciousness and the ways in which it continues to resonate in contemporary culture.

      Ghosts of War in Vietnam
    • Spirit Power explores the manifestation of the American Century in Korean history with a focus on religious culture. It looks back on the encounter with American missionary power from the late nineteenth century, and the long political struggles against the country's indigenous popular religious heritage during the colonial and postcolonial eras. The book brings an anthropology of religion into the field of Cold War history. In particular, it investigates how Korea's shamanism has assimilated symbolic properties of American power into its realm of ritual efficacy in the form of the spirit of General Douglas MacArthur. The book considers this process in dialog with the work of Yim Suk-jay, a prominent Korean anthropologist who saw that a radically cosmopolitan and democratic world vision is embedded in Korea's enduring shamanism tradition.

      Spirit Power