Arif Dirlik in South Korea.

To many South Korean scholars, Arif Dirik has been known as one of the renowned and distinguished scholars mainly for his criticism of globalization and postcolonialism, not for his studies of radical politics and radicalism in modern China. As a result, his radical scholarship has been well-received mostly by those in the literature and Cultural Studies fields. Unlike them, South Korean historians of modern China have generally remained indifferent or unresponsive to it. In some cases, they even attempted to deradicalize his scholarship out of their self-censorship, citing selectively his works, most of which they think were radical or "pro-PRC or socialist," on the basis of their academic faith in "neutrality" and "objectivity." With the translated publication of his various articles and books available in South Korea, however, Dirlik's radical scholarship seems to have left a profound impact and influences on the emerging new generation of South Korean scholars, which with its wide range of interest and intellectual curiosity has responded particularly to his call for serious scholarship and "place-based politics" in various ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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