@article{ART002255210},
author={Kang, Won Don},
title={Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung},
journal={The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics},
issn={1229-8387},
year={2017},
number={38},
pages={7-47},
doi={10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kang, Won Don
TI - Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung
JO - The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
PY - 2017
VL - null
IS - 38
PB - The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
SP - 7
EP - 47
SN - 1229-8387
AB - From the perspective of minjung theology that focuses on the subjectivity of minjung in history and politics, I have analyzed and compared the dynamics of candlelight vigils and the characteristics of the participants in candlelight rallies in 2008 and in 2016-2017. To begin with, regarding the characteristics of the crowd participating in candlelight vigils, I refused the attempt to interpret the candlelight crowd in 2008 as ‘multitude’ in the sense of A. Negri and M. Hardt. I tried to analyze the crowd as composed of the people who were exploited, suppressed, excluded and discriminated in the neoliberal Korean society, and to name them as the traditional term of ‘minjung’. Secondly, I pointed out that the candlelight crowd in 2008 could be characterized as network crowd. It is true that a form of “collective intelligence” has emerged in the crowd movements. But I didn’t accept the opinion that the network crowd could play roles as “organic intellectuals” in the sense of A. Gramsci. Thirdly, the candlelight vigils in 2016-2017 went one step further from those in 2008. The ‘President Retirement Movement’ as council of civic and social movement groups learned from the experiences of 2008, and showed some capacity to lead the candlelight crowd asking for retirement of the state president responsible for corruption and privatization of state authority and asking for liquidation of accumulated evils. Lastly, Minjung has a desire to fundamentally change Korean society and embody more justice, more democracy and more human rights. They are moving to realize that desire. Now it is one of the important tasks of minjung theology to refine desires of minjung into a clear language and to present politics of minjung for realizing their desires with conceptual and strategic consistency.
KW - Candlelight Crowd;Candlelight Virgil;Minjung;Multitude;Organic Intellectuals;Politics of Minjung;Subjectivity of Minjung
DO - 10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
ER -
Kang, Won Don. (2017). Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 38, 7-47.
Kang, Won Don. 2017, "Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung", The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, no.38, pp.7-47. Available from: doi:10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
Kang, Won Don "Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 38 pp.7-47 (2017) : 7.
Kang, Won Don. Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung. 2017; 38 : 7-47. Available from: doi:10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
Kang, Won Don. "Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.38(2017) : 7-47.doi: 10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
Kang, Won Don. Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 38, 7-47. doi: 10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
Kang, Won Don. Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics. 2017; 38 7-47. doi: 10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
Kang, Won Don. Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung. 2017; 38 : 7-47. Available from: doi:10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
Kang, Won Don. "Candlelight Vigils and Politics of Minjung" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.38(2017) : 7-47.doi: 10.21050/CSE.2017.38.01
