The impact of concepts of minjung on thought and culture in Korea during the period of authoritarian politics (1948-1987)

Van Leest, Kim Hyung-A

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The impact of concepts of minjung on thought and culture in Korea during the period of authoritarian politics (1948-1987)

Date

1992

Authors

Van Leest, Kim Hyung-A

Abstract

This thesis is a study of concepts of the Korean masses. The identity of the Korean masses is multi-faceted. They have been referred to as the 'minjung' and characterised in the 1970s as 'the subject of history’(yoksa-ui chuch'e) and as the 'oppressed people' who struggle against the political, economic and cultural oppression of the ruling power. This min jung struggle ultimately created a new opportunity for democracy in 1987.