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President Park Geun Hye Of South Korea

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On October 14th, the news of president Park Geun-hye of South Korea forcing the controversial textbook issued by national government became a huge issue, since the textbook was written in the perspective of conservative political party. (Padden) The new textbook that is planned to be published in 2017 puts huge implication on the “ “proud” history of South Korea , which has achieved both democratization and industrialization in the shortest time in the world history”(Padden), which supports the idea of Japanese modernization being positive impacts. President Park’s family history shows that the Park Geun-hye’s father was also a conservative president who has past record of serving in the Japanese military. Due to this issue, diverse conservative critiques and students have protested against the renewal of national history text book. This example demonstrates that the example of knower 's perspective, with or without the intention, implicating a certain type of effects to the people’s pursuit of knowledge. Using examples from astrology/science and history, I would investigate whether knower’s perspective is always or is not essential in the pursuit of knowledge through usage of language and emotions. In this essay, perspective is defined as a concept or opinion built upon one’s experience or background such as gender, race, religious position, historical era, education experiences, and ‘pursuit of knowledge’ as act of learning or researching in order to acquire certain

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