1st Edition
Curriculum, Crisis, and Epistemic Governance in South Korea Decolonizing the Mind
By Soo Bin Jang
Copyright 2026
198 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Offering an illuminating exploration of power dynamics and colonial legacies within South Korean education, this timely book examines how the South Korean state governs through curriculum reform, turning public participation into a moralized and technical project of national development.
This book draws on archival documents, policy reports, and extensive interviews with curriculum committee... Read more
Contents List of Figures List of Tables Series Editors’ Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Epistemic Governance for Progress: Five Conjunctures in Korea’s Modern History 2. Savage Developmentalism as Epistemic Governance: Korean Education Between National Salvation and Imperial Subjection 3. Prophecy and Crisis: How the Future Becomes a Curriculum 4. Authoring the Future: The OECD-Korea Interface 5. Performing Democracy: Participation as Procedures 6. Stop the Future: Refusal and Livable Life Appendix A Index
Biography
Soo Bin Jang is Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education in the School of Education at University of Delaware, USA.
