[EAI Academy 3rd Cohort, Lecture 1] Ha Young-sun on “The Young People in History: The 19th and 21st Centuries”

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH-M8DBqGMg

- Date: August 2, 2022, 6:30 PM

- Speaker: Ha Young-sun, Chairman of EAI, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University

Reading Materials

1-1. Lecture 4: Yu Kil-chun's Triple Difficulties

1-2. Lecture 8: Deciphering the Complex Wave_ 21st Century World Politics

1-3. Ha Young-sun, <World Politics of Love> (2019), Lecture 10: World Politics of Dreams

1-4. Ha Young-sun, "The Charm of BTS and the New Civilization of the 21st Century," in Ha Joon & Son Yeol (eds.) (2019)

1-5. Ha Young-sun, "EAI New Year's Dialogue 2022: Diplomatic and Security Tasks for the Next Administration" (2022.1)

1-6. Ha Young-sun, "The Day All Citizens Become Like BTS... Korea Will Become World No. 1, Surpassing the U.S. and China," Chosun Ilbo (2022/6/12)https://www.chosun.com/culture-life/2022/06/12/3CG33OJ3E5AQFBYVA7NVAMY4OY/

Speaker Introduction:

■ Ha Young-sun_Chairman of EAI, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University. He earned a Ph.D. in International Politics from the University of Washington. He has served as a professor in the Department of Diplomacy at Seoul National University, a visiting fellow at the Princeton University Center for International Studies, a visiting fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Director of the Institute for Global Social Affairs at Seoul National University, Director of the Institute for American Studies, President of the Korean Peace Studies Association, Co-Chair of the Korean side for the Joint Research on the New Era of Korea-Japan Relations, a member of the Presidential National Security Advisory Council, and a member of the Senior Advisory Council for the Inter-Korean Summit Preparation Committee. He is currently Chairman of EAI and Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University. His recent books and edited volumes include [World Politics of Love: War and Peace], [A Correct View of Korean Diplomatic History: Tradition and Modernity], [The U.S.-China Competition in Building the Asia-Pacific Order], and [World Politics of Four Rivers: Analysis of Joseon Tongsinsa and Yeonhaengrok Records from the 16th-19th Centuries]. He also wrote a "Ha Young-sun Column" for the Chosun Ilbo and JoongAng Ilbo for seven years.

Video Transcript

The first of the triple difficulties of democracy is the issue of Eastern thought versus Western civilization. The second is the problem of the 21st century. We must accept certain aspects of these four elements as a standard. Is it a sin to blindly follow Western thought? Many believe it is, but we cannot survive by completely ignoring it. This indicates a very balanced perspective. While Yu Kil-chun agonized over the transition from tradition to modernity, what I and my colleagues did, perhaps a bit earlier than you, was to focus on the shift from modernity to complexity. In my terms, this means moving beyond the pursuit of national wealth and power, as in the past, towards a new paradigm that emphasizes cultural and ecological prosperity, and transitions from competition and coexistence to competition and co-prosperity.