Did nationalism cost Korea the WBC title against Japan?
TweetThe buzz making the rounds in the baseball world following Korea's 10th inning loss to Japan in the WBC, is whether Korean nationalism superceded sound baseball strategy.Purely from a baseball...
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My Declaration of Independence
TweetIt’s Independence Day in the United States, and Will Wilkinson is attacking patriotism. I’ve not read the book he mentions here, but just a quick reading of what patriotism meant for 18th Century...
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Korean Nationalism: When the world was Korean
TweetI've always been fascinated by the creativity and poetry of nationalist movements. Some nationalist movements managed to rewrite or just completely invent mythologies, traditions and tales that...
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Korean Nationalism: Korean is the mother of all languages
TweetAfter considering some of the nationalist theories of world settlements in the previous post, today we'll see another strange theory put forward by nationalists: that Korean is the origin of all...
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Zoomorphic Maps of Korea
Zoomorphic Maps of Korea Tweet We have already seen that Korean nationalists had a very personal view of history and linguistics, we'll now talk about geography. The tradition that compares Korea to...
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Private Education and the Korean Independance Movement
TweetIn 1883 the first modern private school, and one of Korea's first modern school, was opened in Wonsan. Some public schools (such as the Dongmunhak/동문학 established on the same year in Seoul for the...
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The Seven Wonders of Hype
TweetSeven countries are fervently celebrating their inclusion on the new list of “Seven Natural Wonders” of the world. But is this anything more than hype? And is the organization that put it all...
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Genetic Explanation For Racism; Historical Explanation For Nationalism
Genetic Explanation For Racism; Historical Explanation For Nationalism Tweet“Conceivably, racial prejudice could be interpreted as an irrational generalization of a kin-selected tendency to identify...
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Citizenship
Citizenship TweetI maintain my sanity in the playplace, which is mobbed with children and parents—at least a hundred swarming an area the size of a large living room, my son among them—by attempting...
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Fighting Words: Ryo Chonan Defends a Gi and Offends a Nation
Fighting Words: Ryo Chonan Defends a Gi and Offends a Nation TweetArm bars and leg locks may break our bones, but words can really piss us off....Japanese Mixed Martial Artist, Ryo Chonan, may be on...
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Japanese Right Wing Group Suspected of Vandalizing Anne Frank Books
TweetBy Larry LawrenceThis just in from the What in the Holy Hell Were You Effin’ Thinking Department. Fingers are pointing at elements of Japan’s right wing for responsibility in vandalizing The Diary...
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