[KS] Is there one full good source in English on Korean Left(s), past and present?
Frank Hoffmann
frank at koreaweb.ws
Wed Sep 13 22:51:32 EDT 2006
>> Is there one full good source in English on Korean Left(s),
>> past and present?
We all know the books on Korean Communism by Suh
Dae-Sook, Lee Chong-Sik, and Robert Scalapino ...
so I do not need to mention them here.
About anarchism:
The only longer work in English (more Konglish
than English) is the 1986 book by Ha Ki-rak.
- Ha Ki-Rak: _A History of Korean Anarchist Movement_, Taegu:
Anarchist Publishing Committee, 1986
(This is a very rare book.) The book is not very
reliable with dates and also facts, and a third
of it consist about some strange writing on the
roots of anarchism in Korea, where everything
goes back to T'angun and Tasan, as usual. There
also is a KOREAN language edition with some
additional add-on materials, published in 1993:
- Ha Ki-rak: _Chagirûl haebangharyônûn paeksôngdûrûi ûiji_.
Seoul, Pusan, Taegu: Sinmyông, 1993.
More helpful is O Chang-hwan's dissertation at what was formerly the Sorbonne:
- Oh Jang-whan: "Histoire du movement anarchiste coréen des
origines a 1931," doctorat du 3e cycle, Université Paris VII, 1987.
Still the most detailed history is the 1978
KOREAN language History of the Korean Anarchist
Movement:
- Chosôn Mujôngbujuûi Undongsa P'yônch'an Wiwônhoe: _Han'guk
anak'ijûm undongsa_. Seoul: Hyôngsôl Ch'ulp'ansa, 1978.
Behind this "Wiwônhoe" is once more Ha Ki-rak.
Also, there is an excellent published
dissertation in German about the leftist
political parties in South Korea during the years
1945-1948 which covers the entire left during the
years under the U.S. Military Government:
- Jung Yong-Dae: _Parteien und politische Entwicklung
Südkoreas: Die Bedeutung der progressiven Parteien für die
politische Entwicklung Südkoreas unter der US-Militärbesatzung
1945-1948_. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1988.
These are good starters for anyone interested.
Best,
Frank
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