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@article{ART002754234},
author={Gong, Jin Sung},
title={The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship},
journal={The Journal of Northeast Asia Research},
issn={2005-4432},
year={2021},
volume={36},
number={1},
pages={169-194},
doi={10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006}

TY - JOUR
AU - Gong, Jin Sung
TI - The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship
JO - The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
PY - 2021
VL - 36
IS - 1
PB - The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
SP - 169
EP - 194
SN - 2005-4432
AB - Over the past 40 years, the dominant view on the May 18 has changed in South Korea. The view of the military authorities on the May 18 as a ‘riot’ had been dominant in the beginning. The socialist view and the liberalist view competed against it, and the liberalist view became dominant when the May 18 was officially recognized as a ‘democratic movement’ after democratization of South Korea. Recently, the pacifist interpretations of the May 18 are presented strongly, all of which show a certain anti-militarist bias. However, based on the idea of the republican ‘citizen-soldier’, de-militarizing the May 18 is ultimately de-politicizing the May 18, which is not an objective interpretation of the May 18 as actually an event in which the idea of ‘citizen-soldier’ came in reality, but a very dangerous interpretation that could lead to military and political alienation of citizens. The political meaning of the May 18 could be fully revealed when it abandons anti-militarist prejudice, and accepts the military and extends the meaning of ‘the military’ adjustable to the contemporary Korean society.
KW - The May 18;the Military;Antimilitarism;Citizen-Soldier;Republicanism
DO - 10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006
ER -

Gong, Jin Sung. (2021). The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 36(1), 169-194.

Gong, Jin Sung. 2021, "The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship", The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, vol.36, no.1 pp.169-194. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006

Gong, Jin Sung "The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 36.1 pp.169-194 (2021) : 169.

Gong, Jin Sung. The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship. 2021; 36(1), 169-194. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006

Gong, Jin Sung. "The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 36, no.1 (2021) : 169-194.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006

Gong, Jin Sung. The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 36(1), 169-194. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006

Gong, Jin Sung. The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research. 2021; 36(1) 169-194. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006

Gong, Jin Sung. The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship. 2021; 36(1), 169-194. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006

Gong, Jin Sung. "The May 18 and the Military: For Building a New Relationship" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 36, no.1 (2021) : 169-194.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2021.36.1.006