Overview
Provides an autobiographical narrative of the late South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung's life
Offers a poignant first-hand account of Korea's turbulent modern history
Serves as an intimate record of the Korean people's struggle for democracy and peace
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Life Is Beautiful and History Progresses
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Back Matter
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About this book
Written in the five years between the end of his presidency and his death in 2009, this book offers a poignant first-hand account of Korea’s turbulent modern history. It spans the pivotal time span between the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) and reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula (2000-2009). In between are insightful insider descriptions of everything from wars and dictatorships to the hopeful period of economic recovery, blooming democracy, peace, and reconciliation.
Conscience in Action serves as an intimate record of the Korean people’s persistent and heroic struggle for democracy and peace. It is also an inspiring story of an extraordinary individual whose formidable perseverance and selfless dedication to the values he believed in led him to triumph despite more than four decades of extreme persecution.
About the author
Often called Nelson Mandela of Asia, Kim Dae-jung (1924 - 2009) was the eighth President of South Korea (1998-2003) and was awarded the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his role in the advancement of peace and human rights in the Korean Peninsula and around the world.
Seung-hee Jeon is one of the leading contemporary translators of Korean literature as well as a literary scholar and critic. Her translations include the 2016 Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Han Kang’s Convalescence (2013) and Bang Hyeon-seok’s novel, Time to Eat Lobster (2016), which was selected for “75 Notable Translations of the Year” by World Literature Today. She has been honored with a Fulbright Grant, a Korea Foundation Fellowship, and two Daesan Foundation Translation grants (2011 and 2016). She is a lecturer at Boston College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Conscience in Action
Book Subtitle: The Autobiography of Kim Dae-jung
Authors: Kim Dae-jung
Translated by: Jeon Seung-hee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7623-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7622-0Published: 02 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7623-7Published: 20 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 934
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Asian Politics, History of Korea, Development and Post-Colonialism