[KS] minjung movement

[David Mason]

Well, I don't know if he could be considered part
of any "minjung movement", but for the part about
> the role of culture or the invention/rediscovery 
> of traditions (i.e. shamanism, rural communitar-
> ianism) in countering the state nationalism (with
> a populist nationalism)

you might check out the career of the late Zo Zayong
who started an "Old Village Movement" featuring a 
modernized rural-community Shamanism, explicitly to
counteract the ill effects of Park's New Village 
Movement.  An introduction to Zo may be found on my
web-site, starting at:  
 http://san-shin.org/Zo-01.html

Sincerely,
David A. Mason

--- "Welscher,H" <H.Welscher at lse.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear all:
>  
> I am currently working on my Master dissertation on
> the minjung movement. As you know, the dominant
> narrative in Development Studies mostly portrays
> Korea's modernisation as "smooth process", focusing
> on the reason for its economic miracle, the state -
> business relationship, the developmental state,
> selective industrial policies, middle-class led
> democratisation etc.- all in all it seems Korea is
> the last resort of orthodox modernisation theory. 
> In my dissertation I want to critically engage with
> this narrative, focusing on the social and cultural
> resistance against the state-led modernisation and
> its negative impacts. Concentrating on the minjung
> movement, I especially want to emphasize the role 
> of culture or the invention/rediscovery of 
> traditions (i.e. shamanism, rural communitarianism)
> in countering the state nationalism (with a 
> populist nationalism) and creating broad social 
> coalitions.  I would be very grateful if anyone of
> you could help me with any personal discussion 
> comments, suggestions for readings, past papers 
> etc. on the above topic. 
>  
> Thank you very much.
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Hartmut Welscher, 
> MSc Candidate in Development Studies 
> London School of Economics ( LSE)