[KS] Re: Facing/Avoiding One's Own Heritage

[carl saxer]

Dear List

It seems my remark that maybe more time is required, led 
some to believe that I argue that  Koreans are less capable 
of facing their  controversial past than others. Not at 
all. We can just take a look at France, where collaboration 
(e.g. the Vichy Regime) is a highly inflammable issue. My  
own country, Denmark, has also until  recently preferred to 
'play up' the rather few 'heroic'  actions which took place 
under German occupation, and largely ignored (or swept 
under the rug) the more painful realization that only a 
very few took actively part in any resistance, and rather 
more collaborated with the Germans in some way.
The fact remains that facing your past is painful and takes 
time.

Carl Saxer
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carl saxer
carl.saxer at sant.ox.ac.uk



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