Author: Kim Kyong-Dong File Type: pdf Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, this book focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret,characterize,globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes. **From the Back Cover Offering an alternative discourse on modernization and development viewed specifically from the East Asia perspective, it focuses its analysis on the Korean experience of modernization and development. It considers the broad range of societal transformations which have occurred over the past half century, utilizing the vernacular language of Korea extracted from everyday life to interpret,characterize,globalize and pedagogically broaden the understanding and the human meaning behind these complex social changes. About the Author Dr Kim Kyong-Dong is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Seoul National University, South Korea. The preeminent sociologist in Korea, he has devoted his career to analyzing and comparing east and west issues from a cultural perspective. After gaining his PhD at Cornell University in the US, Professor Kim was a visiting scholar in the US, Taiwan, France and a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, DC, as well as President of the Korean Sociological Association. He has widely published in English, Korean, Japanese and French on issues of development and modernization, social change and industrialization, sociological theory, education and religion.

Author: Mark Jacobson File Type: epub We are living in a time of unprecedented distrust in America Faith in the government is at an all-time low, and political groups on both sides of the aisle are able to tout preposterous conspiracy theories as gospel, without much opposition. Fake news is the order of the day. This book is about a man to whom all of it points, the greatest conspiracist of this generation and a man you may not have heard of. A former U.S. naval intelligence worker, Milton William Cooper published his manifesto Behold a Pale Horse in 1991. Since then it has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies, becoming the number-one bestseller in the American prison system. (Bookscan lists sales at 289,000 since 2005.) According to Behold a Pale Horse, JFK was assassinatedbecause he was about to reveal that extraterrestrials were about to take over the earthby his driver, an alien himself AIDS is a government conspiracy to decrease the population of blacks, Hispanics, and homosexuals and the Illuminati are secretly involved with the U.S. government to manage relationships with extraterrestrials. Cooper died in a shootout with Apache County police in 2001, one month after September 11, in the year in which he had predicted catastrophe. Many of Coopers conclusions were driven by personal demons and a highly creative connection of dots, and yet they have shaped much of the fabric of American life in the past few decades. Terry Nichols, Timothy McVeighs cohort in the Oklahoma City bombing, was a fan, and Behold a Pale Horse has great appeal among right-wing radicals. On the other hand, the book transcends class and race barriers It is read primarily by poor blacks in prison and appeals to people who acutely feel that society is fixed against them. It has inspired numerous hip-hop groups and continues to do so. In Pale Horse Rider, journalist Mark Jacobson not only tells the story of Coopers fascinating life but also provides the social and political context for American paranoia. Indeed, with the present NSA situation and countless other shadowy government dealings often in the news, arent we right to suspect that things may not be as they seem? **Review Praise for Pale Horse Rider Mark Jacobson belongs to that great bloodline of New York street writers from Stephen Crane to AJ Liebling through Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill and now to himself and very few others.--Richard Price Whether you implicitly believe conspiracy theories or consider them the ultimate threat to responsible citizenship, heres a fact thats neither alternative nor deniablePale Horse Rider is one of the most important books youll ever read.--Jeff Guinn, author of Manson and The Road to Jonestown Jim Jones and Peoples Temple Ive always heard that we may not get all the answers to whats really going on behind the curtain on this planet until we die but I believe that maybe everything thats going on behind the scenes is really happening right under our noses in the form of conspiracy theories. Even if you dont believe them to be the truth they are very entertaining and make for good reads and Pale Horse Rider is no exception!!--Charlamagne Tha God Through Hip Hop in the early 90s I first learned of William Cooper and his book, Behold The Pale Horse. Countless rap songs from then to now referenced it and made the illuminati a well known conspiracy theory in hoods coast to coast. Mark Jacobsons Pale Horse Rider peels the onion and lays it all out for us. His personal discussions with Wu Tang Clans Ol Dirty Bastard, and Mobb Deeps Prodigy about Coopers work before they passed away makes this book a must read !--Fab 5 Freddy About the Author Mark Jacobson is a writer and journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is known for his explorations of the seamy side of urban life and for his offbeat and witty take on popular culture. Mark is a contributing editor at New York magazine and a frequent contributor to The Village Voice, National Geographic, Natural History magazine, Mens Journal, and other publications.