The Second Germany - Changes in Interpretation of the German Democratic Republic between 1945 and Today : historical contrast with Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The paper deals with development and evolutionary change of the political image of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) since its foundation after Second World War. The historical process of division of Germany into states have been determined through the Korea War and the Cold War till 1990. Main political and ideological concerns German Democratic Republic had to struggle with were problems of legitimacy, independent sovereignty and lastly the definite division of the nation consisting two independent states. Looking into this process superficially there may be some contrasts between Korea and Germany, however, in terms of substantial contexts a great deal of differences can be noticed.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. The Korean War and Division of Germany
• Ⅱ. Germany was not Korea.
• Ⅲ. Changes of GDR Image before 1990
• 3.1. The sovereignty of GDR
• 3.2. The legitimacy of GDR
• 3.3. Self-determination and unity of Germany
• Ⅳ. The Second Germany
• Ⅴ. The normality of two German states
• Ⅵ. A State without Legitimacy