ABSTRACT The article draws inferences for the situation in Korea from the experience of the German unification. The focus is on the cultural and mental consequences of the German unification. The article shows that, in the course of the German unification, a West German dominance culture formed which continues to describe differences between Eastern and Western Germany. This dominance culture is based on a devaluation of East German experience and a one-sided, Western interpretation of past and current developments. With reference to a study of North Korean refugees in South Korea, similar mechanisms—in spite of the quite different cultural context—can be shown to exist in Korea. Although the different histories and cultural backgrounds of Germany and Korea necessitate caution in making generalizations, the article proposes that these fundamental mechanisms of dominance are at work in the present relationship between North and South Korea, and should be taken into consideration in the context of an eventual unification.

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德国统一作为统治文化的过程及其对韩国社会局势的影响

摘要本文从德国统一的经验中推断出韩国的情况。重点是德国统一的文化和精神后果。文章表明，在德国统一的过程中，形成了西德统治文化，继续描述东西德之间的差异。这种主导文化是基于对东德经验的贬低以及对过去和当前事态发展的单方面的，西方的解释。参考对在韩国的朝鲜难民的研究，尽管文化背景截然不同，但在韩国却存在类似的机制。尽管德国和韩国的不同历史和文化背景在进行概括时需要谨慎行事，