Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World - Hardcover

Han, Sang-Jin; Dae-Jung, Kim; Von Weizsaecker, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594519005 ISBN 13: 9781594519000

Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Divided Nations and Transitional Justice considers how Korea, Germany and Japan have moved to address - and come to terms with - their wartime past. Asking what we can learn from the experiences of these countries, this collection considers issues relating to unification, peace, justice and reconciliation. It includes contributions from Kim Dae-jung (President of South Korea, 1998-2003) and Richard von Weizsaecker (President of Germany, 1984-1994), with their lifetime career experiences bringing added insight to the volume. This book moves to deliver messages of hope and vision on how to further the values of peace, reconciliation and cooperation in the 21st century.

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About the Author

Han Sang-Jin is Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University and currently serves as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on policy planning of the Republic of Korea and President of the Academy of Korean Studies. He is the author of several books, including Habermas and the Korean Debate (Seoul National University Press, 1998); and Global Forum on Peace and Civilization.

Review

“This timely book shows how two great presidential former leaders, Kim Dae-Jung (1925–2009) of Korea and Richard von Weizsäcker (1920– ) of Germany coped with the historic legacies of their countries on the basis of firm personal moral principles and despite being subject to institutional constraints and pressures from both inside and outside.”
―Political Studies Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1594519005
• ISBN 13: 9781594519000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272