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Korean nationalism[a] can be viewed in two different contexts. One encompasses various movements throughout history to maintain a Korean cultural identity, history, and ethnicity (or "race"). This ethnic nationalism was mainly forged in opposition to foreign incursion and rule. The second context encompasses how Korean nationalism changed after the partition in 1945.[how?] Today, the former tends to predominate.[5]
Korean nationalism has often been structured above a concept of "pure blood", or the belief that Korean people are a pure race descended from a single ancestor. Invoked during the period of resistance to colonial rule, the idea gave Koreans a sense of ethnic homogeneity and national pride, and a potential catalyst for racial discrimination and prejudice.
The dominant strand of nationalism in South Korea, tends to be romantic in nature (specifically ethnic or "racial"). This form of romantic "ethnic" nationalism often competes with and weakens the more formal and structured "state" national identity. South Koreans' lack of state nationalism manifests itself in various ways. For example, there is no national holiday in South Korea that commemorates the founding of the state itself, as there is a controversy on whether the Republic of Korea was established on April 11, 1919, with the founding of the Korean Provisional Government, or on August 15, 1948, with the establishment of the South Korean Government.[6]
Romantic ethnic nationalism in North Korea has strong salience as well, though unlike in South Korea, state nationalism and ethnic nationalism do not compete but rather co-exist and reinforce each other. This can be attributed to the state-sponsored ideology of Juche, which utilizes ethnic identity to enhance state power and control.
르낭은 "공동체 삶을 지속하려는 욕구, 각자가 받은 유산을 발전시키고자 하는 의지가 중요하고, 이런 것이 존중될 때 '열린 민족주의'가 된다"고 강조했다.
'nation'과 'nationalism'의 번역어는 국민과 국민주의, 국가와 국가주의, 민족과 민족주의 등 다양할 수 있는데 이 중에서 민족과 민족주의가 지배적 번역어로 채택된 사정은 한국의 식민화 과정과 밀접하게 관련되는 것이었다.[The translations of 'nation' or 'nationalism' can be diverse, including 국가 or 국가주의, 국민 or 국민주의, and 민족 or 민족주의, the situation in which 민족 or 민족주의 were adopted as the dominant translation language was closely related to the colonization process of Korea.]
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