Politics of Public Opinion: Local Councils and People's Assemblies in Korea, 1567-1894 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004699175)

Eugene Y. Park's annotated translation of a long-awaited book by Kim Ingeol introduces Anglophone readers to a path-breaking scholarship on the widening social base of political actors who shaped "public opinion" (kongnon) in early modern Korea. Initially limited to high officials, the articulators of public opinion as the state and elites recognized grew in number to include mid-level civil officials, State Confucian College students, all Confucian literati (yurim), influential commoners who took over local councils (hyanghoe), and the general population. Marshaling evidence from a wealth of documents, Kim presents a compelling case for the indigenous origins of Korean democracy.

Author: Ingeol Kim
ISBN-10: 9004699171
ISBN-13: 9789004699175
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2024
Pages: 257
Format: Hardcover