[KS] On term "haebang"

[Frank Hoffmann]

>Have any of you run into the term "haebang" (Revised romanization) in
>respective fields. I am studying political rhetoric of the 1980s and Chun
>Doo-hwan seems to have grown an affection to this term.
>Obviously it is linked to the term and concept "jiefang" in Chinese and
>some of the events that deserve the name "liberation" in China during
>1940s and 1950s. (...)
>
>Matti Tervo


Well, Matti -- Chun Doo-hwan and haebang? That 
sure sounds more like Puntila's idea of 
liberation than Matti's? (in Brecht's "Mr Puntila 
and His Man Matti"). It might be more productive 
if you tell us a little more about your own 
hunch, your own findings as regards to "haebang" 
and Chun Doo-hwan. Any post-colonial country 
would, for obvious reasons, have a strong 
admiration of the term liberation. If you look at 
all the many Korean books and pamphlets published 
during the colonial period (mostly in China) and 
into the late 1940s and 1950s in Korea, you will 
find plenty with "haebang undong" in the title, 
both from North and South Korea. Under Park Chung 
Hee that terminology later changed into "tongnip 
undong" -- maybe because haebang just reminded to 
closely of the French revolution and its concept 
of libération while tongnip had no political 
implications, other than territorial and national 
independence (not personal, not 
political/ideological, not economic freedom). The 
North still prefers "haebang undong" over 
"tongnip undong." So, I would love to hear more 
from you about how Chun Doo-hwan fits into this.


Frank


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