This unusual collection of interpretive essays about Korean thought, culture, and society fills an important gap in the available literature on modern Korea. Its essays cover topics including Korean personality and character, women, intercultural psychiatry, and poetry which give new insights into modern-day Korea. It contains essays by Gregory Henderson, Norman Jacobs, Laurel Kendall, Suk-Choo Chng, Dennis McNamara, and Peter Lee.

This unusual collection of interpretive essays about Korean thought, culture, and society fills an important gap in the available literature on modern Korea. Its essays cover topics including Korean personality and character, women, intercultural psychiatry, and poetry which give new insights into modern-day Korea. It contains essays by Gregory Henderson, Norman Jacobs, Laurel Kendall, Suk-Choo Chng, Dennis McNamara, and Peter Lee.