Monthly Archives: January 2016

What question did I want to hear at the Democratic Party’s town hall in Iowa?

What question did I want to hear at the Democratic Party’s town hall in Iowa?

I wanted to hear this question:

 

“When the next financial crisis kicks in, say eight months from now, and the Bank of America and Wells Fargo Bank go bankrupt and cannot honor their depositors, what will your administration do?”

 

This question is the most critical one, and will determine whether the candidate intends to be the master of the situation, or the slave. We must be ready to imagine a world without any financing, a world in which economic activity comes to a stop, and we should be prepared with a plan to move forward in a positive direction. God have mercy on those who refuse to even ponder this scenario.

Bernie Should give up if he does not do well in Iowa and go crawl under a rock?

There are those saying that if Sanders does not do well in New Hampshire and Iowa, he can never catch up.

That is ridiculous. This game is changing so fast no one knows what will happen. But it is clear that all the authority of the New York Times has been used up and it is entirely possible at this point for Sanders to thrive on their efforts of CNN and NYT to smother him.

Just look at this crap:

The New York Times front-loads an endorsement for Clinton to January 25, before Iowa and New Hampshire to try and preempt democracy

I would like to remind everyone that the NYT endorsed Barak “Obama for President” on October 23, 2008, two months after the Democratic Convention!

Legitimacy? Down the toilet!

「日本外交、これでいいのか」 ゼミ  (2016年 3月 6日) 

 

孫崎亨ゼミ

 

2016年 3月 6日 (日曜日)

大阪

 

時間:午後 1:30-5:00

 

 

孫崎亨

城西国際大学大学院

人文科学研究科講師

 (元外交官)

「日本外交、これでいいのか」

エマニュエル パストリッチ 慶煕大学 教授

“アジアから見た日本のリスクや外交、アメリカとの関係”

場所:  学働館

大阪市西区川口2-4-2

(地下鉄阿波座から徒歩7分)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

미래창조과학부: “대한민국 의 미래”

“대한민국 의 미래”

 

 

2016년  2월  2일 (화)

장소: 국회 의원회관 제1소회의실 2층

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주최: 미래창조과학부

4:00-4:30

“대한민국 미래: 발전 방안 정책 대토론회”

 

좌장: 이남식 국제미래학회 회장

 

강성주                                       미래창조과학부 국장

손웅희                                       국가산업융합지원센터 소장

 

임마누엘  페스트라이쉬       경희대 교수

 

조태봉                                      한국문화콘텐츠라이센싱 협회 회장

 

문형남                                      숙명여대 교수

 

강종진 울산문화산업개발원 원장

 

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“What’s in a name?” (JoongAng Daily January 25, 2016)

JoongAng Daily

“What’s in a name?”

January 25, 2016

Emanuel Pastreich

There is tremendous dissatisfaction with Korean economics and politics on the part of ordinary citizens and an increasing desire to single out some group of bad people who are somehow responsible for the increasing distance between the priorities expressed by government and corporations and the actual needs of ordinary citizens.

But although there is a lack of concern for the plight of ordinary people on the part of many in authority, they are not the cause of the disconnect between national policy and the economic reality of ordinary citizens. Rather, there has been a breakdown of the assumed contract between the citizens and their rulers.

The best way to understand this problem is not to dwell on the latest statement by a contemporary politician but to return to Confucius’ most important political imperative: “The rectification of names.” Confucius saw the “rectification of names” as a means of reducing the discord between the names that we employ to describe institutions and professions and the reality of what those institutions have evolved into.

We use terms like “government,” “university,” “lawyer,” “doctor,” and “corporation” to refer to institutions we think we understand, but the functions of each of these institutions has shifted rapidly over the last decade, and even more in the last five years. For example, banks have evolved technologically and become globalized in a dramatic manner that has profoundly altered their function in our society and their goals. Sadly, because the media simply continues to use terms like “bank” or “national assembly” without ever stepping back to assess how these institutions are changing, there is much confusion among citizens. Read more of this post

Daniel Garrett Seminar on Surviving Climate Change (March 14, 2016)

 

Daniel Garrett

Senior Associate

The Asia Institute

“Realistic approaches to surviving climate change: Searching for an ‘Atmosphere of Hope'”

March 14, 2016 Monday

10:00-11:30 AM

 

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WCO Anguk

Conference Room (4th Floor)

SEE MAP BELOW

 

 

“Realistic approaches to surviving climate change: Searching for an ‘Atmosphere of Hope'”

 

Daniel discusses how this hyper-complex system that defines the Earth’s environment has already reached the point at which it can no longer return to its previous state. He discussed how humanity will need to make massive adjustments to live on a very different planet.  Daniel will propose innovative ideas for a realistic response, with an emphasis on the recent work of Tim Flannery “Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions for the Climate Crisis.” He suggests approaches to survival that that avoid the serious risks of geo-engineering but at the same time demand serious commitments.

 

Daniel Garrett, senior associate at the Asia Institute, is a retired U.S. Department of State diplomat.  His areas of expertise include human rights, trafficking in persons, Himalayan regional issues, climate change and international trans-boundary water issues.  He is currently working to facilitate the accelerated emergence of innovative ideas and technologies that make it possible for human civilizations and their infrastructures to be seamlessly interwoven in a productive manner into the earth systems which sustain and support them.

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“韩国的当务之急是‘正名’” (中央日报 2016年 1月 25日)

中央日报

“韩国的当务之急是‘正名’”

2016年 1月 25

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韩国的经济和政治招致了普通国民的强烈不满。政府和企业宣称的“优先课题”与民众生活的距离越来越远,国民们要求揪出加深鸿沟的“元凶”的呼声越来越高。

确实有不少身处掌权位置的人不关心多数普通人的处境,但他们并非导致国家政策与平民经济现实脱节的原因,相比之下,公民与统治者之间“契约”的崩溃才是真正的元凶。

为解决这一根本问题,最好的方法不是去反复追究某个政治人最近说了什么话,而应该认真思索一下对孔子最重要的政治命题“正名”的含义。孔子认为,通过“正名”可以缩小“名称”与“现实”之间的距离。也就是说,孔子认识到,人们在记述制度和职能时使用的“名称”与相应制度和职能在时间流逝过程中逐渐进化和变迁的“事实”之间存在脱节现象,而“正名”是缩小这一差距的有效手段。

我们在使用政府、大学、律师、医生、企业等制度或职能的名称时,自以为了解这些名称所包含的意义。但事实上,履行这些制度和职能的功能在过去10多年间,特别是过去5年间发生了急速变化。举例来说,随着银行出现技术进化,以戏剧性的方式实现世界化,已经使银行在社会中发挥的功能发生了根本性改变。悲哀的是,没有一种媒体愿意后退一步,仔细思索“银行”或“国会”等制度发生了怎样的变化。正是因为所有媒体都照旧沿袭原来的名称,才大大加剧了一般国民的混乱。
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“韓国で最も急務なことは名称を正すこと” (中央日報 2016年 1月 25日)

中央日報

“韓国で最も急務なことは名称を正すこと”

2016年 1月 25日

 

パストリッチ エマニュエル

 

韓国経済と政治に対する一般国民の不満が途方もない。政府や企業が表明する優先順位と、庶民生活の間の乖離がますます大きくなっている。乖離深化の元凶である「悪い人々」が誰なのか明らかにするという欲求が、国民の間で漸増している。

権限のある地位にいる中の多くの人々が、普通の人々が直面している苦境について無関心なことも事実だ。だが彼らが、国家政策と庶民の経済的現実の間の断絶を招いた原因ではない。それよりも市民と統治者の間にあるものとして受け入れられている契約が崩壊したことが本当の原因だ。

このような根源的な問題を理解するための最善の方法は、どの政治家が最近何の話をしたのか繰り返し言うことではない。孔子にとって最も重要な政治的命題である「正名」を調べる方がより良い。孔子は、名称と現実の間の距離を「正名」が狭められるとみた。すなわち制度と職能を記述する時に私たちが使う「名称」、そして制度と職能が時間の中で進化して変化する「現実」との間に存在する不一致を縮小させられる手段が「正名」だと孔子は把握したのだ。

私たちは政府・大学・弁護士・医師・企業のような制度や職能の名称を使う時、その名称を理解していると考える。だが、このような制度や職能が遂行する機能は過去10年間余り、特にこの5年間で急速に変化した。例えば銀行は技術的に進化したし、劇的な方式で世界化されることによって銀行が社会の中で遂行する機能と目的が根本的に変わった。悲しくもどのメディアも「銀行」や「国会」のような制度がどのように変化しているのか、一歩引いて考えてみようとしない。メディアが名称をこれまでどおり使い続けるので一般国民の混乱が加重されている。

私たちの目に映る街中や建物は以前と比べ特に変わっていないものと思われる。だが学校や政府機関、企業は機能と目的の面で過去とは完全に違ったものに変化した。社会の多くの不満は、このような制度がすることに対する既成観念と変化した現実の間の格差から起因するものだ。

恐らく私たちが「政治」と呼ぶ文化空間ほど紛らわしく、また「正名」が必要な領域はないだろう。現在韓国で使っている「政治」という用語は日本から輸入されたものだ。政府の政策決定をめぐる多様な利益集団間の活動を意味する通称だ。

ところで「政治」という新しい概念は、従来の礼(人と機関の間の関係についての哲学)と政(ガバナンスの学問)と義(義務)を1つに結合した。伝統韓国社会では礼・政・義は個別的な概念であり、それぞれ明白に定義された概念だった。この3つを合わせた政治は概念的な混乱を生み、混乱は今日まで持続している。

まず政治哲学的な意味の政治である「礼」は、理想的な人間社会とは何か、どのように組織されなければならないのかに対する根本的な概念だ。美学や形而上学の領域を含む最も高い次元の政治だ。政治哲学は、非実用的だとか曖昧ではいけない。また政治的な実践がむなしい儀礼や近視眼的な駆け引きに転落しないよう絶えず再解釈されなければならない。

その次には、ガバナンスを意味する「政」側面の政治がある。政策と法制定と実行の概念で政府を運営して調整する技術を意味する。「政」は機械工学と似ている面がある。複合的なシステムの構造、そして対立して取りまとめる力のバランスを含むためだ。

最後に、利益と影響力を意味する政治がある。現代政治のこのような側面と完ぺきに相応する概念は、前近代世界では存在しなかった。だが恐らく最も近接したものは「義務と結束」である「義」の概念だ。

影響力と権威を利用して財政的利益を得たり、反対にお金を利用して影響力と権威を得たりするプロセスは複合的な社会からは決して完全に除去できない。すべての財政的影響力で抑圧を試みるのは共産主義体制という危険な絶対主義に向かう道の扉を開くことだ。しかし政治のビジネスの側面は、ただ政治プロセスの一部分でなければならない。これが先に述べた「礼」と「政」の領域を完全に分けてしまうように許容しては決していけない。
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The Asia Institute Seminar Series 2016

The Asia Institute Seminar Series 2016

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This collection of recent Asia Institute seminars on critical topics features some of the most important figures of our age. Please feel free to download a version from this page.

 

Participating scholars:

 

PROFESSOR HENRY ROSOVSKY 

FORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

 

PROFESSOR DANIEL A. BELL

CHAIR PROFESSOR 

SCHWARZMAN SCHOLAR PROGRAM

TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY

 

BENJAMIN ELMAN

PROFESSOR OF CHINESE HISTORY

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

 

COL. (RET.) LAWRENCE WILKERSON

FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL

 

ALEXIS DUDDEN

PROFESSOR OF JAPANESE HISTORY

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

 

MICHAEL PUETT

WALTER C. KLEIN PROFESSOR OF CHINESE HISTORY

EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATIONS

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

 

PROFESSOR JOSEPH NYE

FORMER DEAN

KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

 

DR. RICHARD BUSH

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR EAST ASIA POLICY STUDIES

BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

 

PROFESSOR FRANCIS FUKUYAMA

SENIOR FELLOW AT THE CENTER ON DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW

STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

 

PROFESSOR EZRA VOGEL

HENRY FORD II PROFESSOR OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES EMERITUS

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

 

The Asia Institute Seminar Series

 

 

“한국에서 가장 시급한 일, 명칭 바로잡기” (중앙일보 2016년 1월 23일)

중앙일보

“한국에서 가장 시급한 일, 명칭 바로잡기”

2016년 1월 23일

임마누엘 페스트라이쉬

한국 경제와 정치에 대한 일반 국민의 불만이 엄청나다. 정부나 기업이 표명하는 우선순위와 서민 생활 사이의 괴리가 점점 커지고 있다. 괴리 심화의 원흉인 ‘나쁜 사람들’이 누군지 밝혀내겠다는 욕구가 국민 사이에서 점증하고 있다.

권한이 있는 자리에 있는 사람들 중 많은 이가 보통 사람들이 처한 곤경에 대해 무관심한 것도 사실이다. 하지만 그들이 국가 정책과 서민의 경제적 현실 사이의 단절을 초래한 원인은 아니다. 그보다는 시민과 통치자 사이에 있는 것으로 받아들여지는 계약이 붕괴된 게 진짜 원인이다.

이러한 근원적인 문제를 이해하기 위한 최선의 방법은 어느 정치인이 최근에 무슨 말을 했는지 곱씹는 게 아니다. 공자에게 가장 중요한 정치적 명제인 ‘정명(正名)’을 살펴보는 편이 낫다. 공자는 명칭과 현실 사이의 거리를 ‘정명’이 좁힐 수 있다고 봤다. 즉 제도와 직능을 기술할 때 우리가 사용하는 ‘명칭’, 그리고 제도와 직능이 시간 속에서 진화하고 변화하는 ‘현실’ 사이에 존재하는 불일치를 축소시킬 수 있는 수단이 ‘정명’이라고 공자는 파악했던 것이다.

우리는 정부•대학•변호사•의사•기업과 같은 제도나 직능의 명칭을 사용할 때 그 명칭을 이해하고 있다고 생각한다. 하지만 이러한 제도와 직능이 수행하는 기능은 지난 10여 년간, 특히 지난 5년간 급속하게 변화했다. 예를 들면 은행은 기술적으로 진화했고 극적인 방식으로 세계화됨으로써 은행이 사회 속에서 수행하는 기능과 목적이 근본적으로 바뀌었다. 슬프게도 모든 매체가 ‘은행’이나 ‘국회’ 같은 제도들이 어떻게 변화하고 있는지 한 걸음 물러나 생각해 보지 않는다. 매체들이 명칭을 원래대로 계속 사용하기 때문에 일반 국민의 혼란이 가중되고 있다. Read more of this post