Dynamics of Knowledge Circulation

Eun-Jeung Lee is Professor for Korean Studies at Freie Universität Berlin with a research focus on politics and history of political ideas. Marion Eggert is Professor for Korean Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum with a research focus on Korean literary and intellectual history.

• Contents: Marion Eggert: Pak Chi-wŏn, Ch’oe Han-gi and Early Modern Transformations of Conceptions of Knowledge in Korea – Eun-Jeung Lee: Dreaming of a Strong State: The Notion of the State in the Works of Yu Kil-Chun – Jörg Plassen: Some remarks on the Notions of «Freedom» (chayu) and «Love» (sarang) in Manhae Han Yong-un’s (1879–944) Nim-ŭi ch’immuk – Eric J. Ballbach: Framing an Enemy? A Comparative Analysis of the Media Framing of North Korea – Thorsten Traulsen: The Rise of the Text Style «Vernacular Explication» (ŏhae) in Early Chosŏ Korea, 1392–598 - Diglossia, Canon, and Hermeneutics - – Myung In Yu: The Idiom Jiuyunmeng and the Novel Kuunmong: The Circulation of Motifs Related to the Yunmeng Marsh in China and Korea – Dennis Wuerthner: On premodern transformations and modern evaluations of Kuunmong – Daniela Claus: Hallyu in Germany – Florian Pölking: Technical Knowledge among High Officials in the Late Chosŏn Dynasty - Ŭigwe (儀軌) as Conduit for Construction Expertise? – Hannes B. Mosler: Translations of constitutional ideas: the genesis of the «Free Democratic Basic Order» in Germany, Korea, and Taiwan.