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Collective Identity of Kimilsung Monolithic Ideological System and Social Integration on The Korean Peninsular from the Perspective of Ken Wilber’s Integral Psychology

  • Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
  • Abbr : JAPS
  • 2017, 24(1), pp.5-37
  • DOI : 10.18107/japs.2017.24.1.001
  • Publisher : Institute of Global Affairs
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general
  • Received : February 17, 2017
  • Accepted : March 21, 2017
  • Published : March 30, 2017

Lee, HyunJoo 1

1고려대학교아세아문제연구소

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ABSTRACT

People on the Korean Peninsular must be facing times to prepare for the unification of their territory and the integration of their society. However, the South and North Koreans are at their initial stage of the preparation for their social integration. One of the reasons is their lacking in their disinterested understanding of each other, caused by their mutual preoccupations formed after the division of the territory. Systematic studies about the consciousness and psychological states of South and North Koreans are so required that the unification of the peninsular and the social integration may be expedited. In this study, collective identity of Kimilsung monolithic ideological system in North Korea is analysed by using the perspective of Ken Wilber's integral psychology. Collective identity of Kimilsung monolithic ideological system is presumed to keep both its voluntary characteristics, ‘system loyalty’ and ‘system reliability’ and its compulsory characteristics, ‘system supremacies’ and ‘system predominances’. It is suggested that integration ideology for achieving the social integration is the highest development level of ideologies. Voluntary characteristics are higher than compulsory characteristics but not reach the development level of integration ideology. The reason appears to be deeply related to the process of formation of collective identity of Kimilsung monolithic ideological system. Compulsory characteristics are of lower development level than voluntary characteristics which are formed voluntarily, because compulsory characteristics are sustained compulsorily through ‘the great leader theory’ and ‘ten principles’ and lack in the autonomy of individuals. Dependency state is subordinate to autonomy state, while autonomy state is subordinate to integration state. For the social integration on the peninsular which is about to be unified, a high level of integration ideology should be worked out systematically into which characteristics of collective identity of Kimilsung monolithic ideological system can be embraced.

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