Open AccessHow the COVID-19 Pandemic Was Halted on the Korean Peninsula
Author(s) -
А В Воронцов
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
izvestiâ irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. seriâ politologiâ, religiovedenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2073-3380
DOI - 10.26516/2073-3380.2020.34.59
Subject(s) - collectivism , peninsula , consciousness , pandemic , covid-19 , sacrifice , sociology , psychology , political science , history , environmental ethics , social psychology , development economics , gender studies , epistemology , law , philosophy , medicine , individualism , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics
The purpose of the article is to reveal the most effective ways that helped the people of the Korean Peninsula quickly halter COVID-19 in the early 2020. To put it simply, to the author’s mind, the Koreans were saved from this terrible pandemic not only by the efficient state measures but also by long and deeply rooted Confucian self-consciousness. This philosophical and ethical teaching is accumulated verified experience of survival of a fairly small Korean nation surrounded by powerful and not always peaceful neighbors rather than pressure from above. Koreans are accustomed to think that they are able to survive only on the basis of conscious collectivist interaction, and they often have to sacrifice personal benefit to advance the common good.