Overview
Please answer eight (and only eight) of the following ten questions. You may answer them in any order as long as you clearly indicate which question you are responding to. Each question is worth 10 Points (80 points total). There is no maximum or minimum length, but you shouldn’t need more than a few paragraphs. DO NOT QUOTE OR CITE FROM THE BOOKS OR LECTURES. I will automatically take off 3 points if you quote or cite. Put things in your own words.
Please, Please don’t use ChatGPT. If your answer gets flagged by the detection software, you will have to re-write it. Thanks.
- Juche is an intentionally ambiguous theory, but it has some stable content. Name and explain three of its main elements.
- Does Japan’s constitution allow it to have a military? What do the US-Japan security (anpo) treaties require from Japan? Are the treaties consistent with the constitution?
- Park Chung Hee rebuilt South Korea’s economy. What, if any, were the downsides of his approach?
- What is the relationship between knowledge and politics for Mao?
- What were some of the causes of the 1968 Shinjuku riots?
- According to Mao, what’s the correct way to approach contradictions?
- What is Chen Duxiu’s definition of modernity? According to his definition, which countries are modern and which are not?
- What is the relationship between literature and revolution according to Lu Xun? What role can authors play in revolutionary movements?
- What strategies did Park Chung Hee use to rebuild South Korea’s economy?
- According to Kim Il Sung, how many Koreas were there? In his mind, what was the best strategy for unifying the peninsula?