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Sub Title | Problems of rendering the term Sustainable Development into Non-Western languages as demonstrated in the case of South Korea |
Material Type | Report |
Author(English) |
Baek, Kwang-Hoon; Ko, Nakil |
Publisher |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
Date | 2015 |
Journal Title; Vol./Issue | Problems of Sustainable Development:10/2 |
Pages | 8 |
Subject Country | South Korea(Asia and Pacific) |
Language | English |
File Type | Documents |
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Subject | Economy < Economic Administration Territorial Development < Environment |
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Abstract
This study seeks to demonstrate the usefulness of a relatively underutilized approach to studying sustainable development as a term and concept. While studies on sustainable development have generally followed a normative approach seeking what the term should ideally mean, this study follows a historical approach such as recommended by the historian of philosopher Quentin Skinner to explore what changes of definition it has been capable of undergoing in the actual use. To illustrate why such changes may be a critical issue, we have deliberately focused on the case of a country – South Korea – where the very translation of the term into the native language, combined with other factors, has resulted in sustainable development being generally understood by the public as meaning something quite different from the more normative understanding of the term. (The rest omitted)