Between Nation and the State: The Formation of the Populistic Vertical Antagonism in South Korea by Colonial Legacies and Anti-Communism
Between Nation and the State: The Formation of the Populistic Vertical Antagonism in South Korea by Colonial Legacies and Anti-Communism
- 고려대학교 공공정책연구소
- Journal of North Korea Studies Journal of North Korea Studies
- Vol.10 No.1
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2024.0633 - 61 (29 pages)
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DOI : 10.34266/jnks.2024.10.1.33
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본 연구는 남한과 북한의 국가 형성 과정에서 나타나는 시공간 상상의 차이가 남한에서의 정치적 적대를 수직적으로 형성했음을 주장한다. 이런 측면에서, 본 연구는 우선 ‘인민’과 ‘국민’ 및 ‘민족’과 같은 경쟁적인 개념들이 한국에서 어떻게 이식(implantation)되었는지 논의한다. 그리고 미군정 하 해방공간에서 정치적 결사들의 형성을 논한다. 마지막으로, 본 연구는 남한의 선거민주주의 하에서의 수평적 정치균열의 부재가 식민지지배의 유산 및 강한 반공주의에 기인하며, 이러한 주장이 현재의 한국 정치사에도 유의미하다고 결론짓는다.
This study argues the discrepancy between the spatial and temporal imaginations in South Korea and North Korea since nation-building yields populistic political antagonism as vertical, especially in South Korea. In this vein, this study first discusses the implantation of the word ‘people’ and other competitive terms like ‘nationals’ and ‘nation’ during and after the colonial rule. After that, the time-space of independence will be discussed based on how the political associations were formed during the military rule by the US Army. Lastly, the study concludes that the absence of horizontal political cleavage under the electoral democracy in South Korea had been due to colonial legacies and strong anti-communism, which is even relevant to the recent political history in Korea.
Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Theories and Contexts
Ⅲ. Korean War: One nation, Two States, Two Peoples (gungmin / inmin), and Then Two Nations
Ⅳ. Time of People: the April Revolution and the Emergence of Vertical Antagonism
Ⅴ. Conclusion
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