[KS] Chuch'e

[Bruce Cumings]

Dear Leonid,

This document is most interesting, especially with kukch'e then being the 
reigning doctrine of militarist Japan, i.e., kokutai. I once made a link 
between the two, and some Koreans in the South said that was not possible 
because kokutai meant "national body," as in an organic, integral, unified 
nation. Whereupon I said, this is nothing more than rightwing organic 
politics practiced all over the world in the 1930s, which also appealed to 
left-wing nationalists in places like Korea, Rumania (Manoilescu), etc.

But I needed this reference to make the point well.

Best,


Bruce



At 09:11 PM 2/11/2002 +1100, you wrote:
>Dear Frank,
>
>In April 1941, the founder of the Marxist Socio-economic school of 
>historiography, Paek Nam-un, gave a public lecture titled "The Morality of 
>Regulated Economy". One section of his lecture was titled "T'ongje-Ui 
>chuch'e-wa sinch'eje-Ui sOngkkyOk" [The Subject of Control and the Nature 
>of the New System]. There Paek argued that Korea [uri kukch'e] must become 
>a subject [chuch'e] of the new Japanese economic control and therefore 
>help the Japanese people [ilbon kungmin] fulfill the Emperor's policy on 
>the creation of the country's invincible might [kUmgu mugyOl].
>
>We can see that in this piece the word "chuch'e" was used in its original 
>meaning -- "subject" -- albeit a little bit broadened by the 
>fascism-tilting author.
>
>This lecture was given at the Keijo Daiwa Hall, the usual venue for 
>patriotic events held in the Japanese-occupied Seoul.[1] Paek also argued 
>for successful creation of the Japan-Manchuria-China bloc in East Asia as 
>was suggested by the Eight Corners under One Roof [hakko ichiu] motto. He 
>also compared the merits of Japanese economic system (which he 
>unequivocally called our national economy ) with that of Germany and 
>Italy. Paek claimed that, from the moral point of view, the Japanese 
>economic model, based on the Imperial system, was far more advanced than 
>those implemented by some prominent leaders in Europe.[2] Despite the 
>timid criticism of over-regulation and rising prices, Paek called upon his 
>countrymen to mobilize all national resources and prepare themselves for 
>the extremes of wartime economy.
>
>[1] Paek Nam-un, TMsei Keizai-no Rinrisei [The Morality of Regulated 
>Economy], TMyM-no Hikari, (June 1942), No. 4-6.
>
>[2] Paek Nam-un, T ongje KyOngje-Ui YullisOng [The Morality of Regulated 
>Economy], Ha Il-sik, trans., Hwip yOn. Paek Nam-un ChOnjip 4., Seoul: 
>Iron-gwa Silch On, 1991, pp.282-284.
>With best regards,
>
>LEONID A. PETROV
>Division of Pacific and Asian History
>Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
>The Australian National University
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ruediger Frank" <<mailto:rfrank at eplus-online.de>rfrank at eplus-online.de>
>To: <<mailto:Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
>Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:03 PM
>Subject: [KS] Chuch'e
>
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I am currently writing an article on the political system of North Korea
> > for a German university textbook. Needless to say that in the course of
> > this work I have to deal with the term Chuch'e.
> >
> > As far as I remember having heard, a philosophical term called Shutaisei
> > (Chuch'esOng) has already been used by the Japanese in the 1920s, long
> > before Kim Il-sOng introduced Chuch'e in his speech to the 
> propagandists of
> > the Nodongdang on December 28, 1955. Is that correct? And if yes, in which
> > context has it been used before?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Ruediger Frank
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