Adéntrese en la apasionante cultura de la península de Corea: señores feudales, hambrunas, guerras, los intentos de independencia y continuos ataques extranjeros. Un devenir histórico que ha formado dos mundos radicalmente dispares; desde la prehistoria hasta su división actual y la Guerra de Corea. Hasta hace treinta años, lo poco que se sabía de Corea en España venía dado por la división política por la que actualmente se encuentra marcada la península. Sin embargo, a comienzos de los años 90, la cultura de Corea del sur ha ido recibiendo cada vez mayor atención gracias a sus producciones musicales y audiovisuales. Sin embargo, poco o nada se sabe sobre la rica historia de estos países que han sufrido uniones, desuniones, ocupaciones y liberaciones. En este libro intentaremos dar claridad a la historia de una península que ha afrontado sus procesos evolutivos de formas dispares y no siempre a la par.
Abarcando desde la prehistoria hasta la actualidad, estudiaremos la influencia china en la zona, los diferentes reinos que se han ido sucediendo, las producciones culturales y su filosofía. Atenderemos a personajes emblemáticos sin los que hoy no se podría entender su devenir, e intentaremos comprender a dos culturas que hoy por hoy resulta curioso que sean tan dispares estando tan cerca.

The processes that a society goes through to become a nation are not always the same and are never exempt from a multitude of problems and obstacles: feudal lords, famines, constant wars ... the case of Korea was no different, and although its relative independence with respect to the neighboring kingdoms could have given a really interesting stability to the area, the truth is that, in reality, Korea enjoyed few long periods of peace. Beginning with prehistory and ending with the present, in this book we will study the political, economic and cultural processes that the Korean peninsula went through. We will look at the trajectory that Korea followed in dealing with the internal conflicts and cultural differences that existed between the North, the South or the East. Paradoxically, it would not be until the 4th century, when Chinese influence was already palpable, that the Silla kingdom managed to unify the peninsula and a good part of Manchuria. We will attend to the Japanese invasion attempts and its subsequent occupation, its fundamental role in the Cold War, the distancing between the current Koreas and the timid current attempts at rapprochement in search of a future unification.
About the Author: Ruben Almarza graduated in History from the Complutense University of Madrid with a mention in Modern History (2011-15). Has a master's degree in Archives, documents and digital continuity from the Carlos III University of Madrid (2016-17). He has participated in courses on Asian historical themes on the MOOC platform with the National University of Distance Education (Digitization of historical heritage - 2015), with the Open University of Catalonia (The European Discovery of China - 2016), with the Yonsei University in South Korea (Modern Korean History - 2016; Lips and Teeth: Relationships between China and Korea - 2015) and with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Chinese Politics: China and the World - 2016). He is the webmaster of the blog Against Inertia: https: //contralainercia.wordpress.com dedicated to Japanese culture and society; and author, in this same editorial, of Brief History of Feudal Japan and Brief History of Contemporary China.