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@article{ART002823975},
author={Lee， HyunJoo and Chae， Intaek},
title={North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’},
journal={Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies},
issn={1225-8539},
year={2022},
volume={29},
number={1},
pages={5-28},
doi={10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lee， HyunJoo
AU - Chae， Intaek
TI - North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’
JO - Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
PY - 2022
VL - 29
IS - 1
PB - Institute of Global Affairs
SP - 5
EP - 28
SN - 1225-8539
AB - The purpose of this study is to understand the behavioral patterns of North Koreans through Lacan’s theory of desire. For this purpose, I tried to examine the North Korean subject and the big Other, focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the discourse of the Other’. Lacan believed that the unconscious is formed by the knowledge of the big Other and the social and linguistic structures that operated it. Therefore, in the sense that all desires are formed by the unconscious, even if they are personal, they become the desires of others. Therefore, we present a methodology that considers the characteristics of the social subject by examining the knowledge of the big Other and the linguistic structure that operates it. The power framework that operates the knowledge and language system of North Korea can be said to be the Kim Il-sung unique ideology system. Therefore, the North Korean leader can be seen as Lacan’s big Other. The robustness of the North Korean system, which is not shaken by economic difficulties, can be seen as a result of blocking external language and maintaining a social structure centered on the big Other. In 1974, when Kim Jong-il formalized the Juche ideology as Kim Il-sungism, the absolutism of the Suryong, the brainchild of socio-political living beings, began. ‘socio-political life’ is a life devoted to the system and leader, not the subject. Therefore, it can be seen as alienation of the subject. In order to escape from the alienation of the subject, it is to recognize the difference between the big Other and one’s own desires. However, while the knowledge and language of North Korea’s Kim Il-sung unique ideology system is maintained, the subject can not escape from the desire of the other, which is formed by the unconscious. This study approaches from a differentiated perspective by examining the way the specific forms of knowledge and power suggested by Foucault and Gramsci operate in the relationship between the ruler and the ruled, focusing on the social structure of the Great Other.
KW - North Korea;Social Structure;The Big Other;The Subject;Jacques Lacan
DO - 10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001
ER -

Lee， HyunJoo and Chae， Intaek. (2022). North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 29(1), 5-28.

Lee， HyunJoo and Chae， Intaek. 2022, "North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’", Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, vol.29, no.1 pp.5-28. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001

Lee， HyunJoo, Chae， Intaek "North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 29.1 pp.5-28 (2022) : 5.

Lee， HyunJoo, Chae， Intaek. North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’. 2022; 29(1), 5-28. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001

Lee， HyunJoo and Chae， Intaek. "North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 29, no.1 (2022) : 5-28.doi: 10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001

Lee， HyunJoo; Chae， Intaek. North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 29(1), 5-28. doi: 10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001

Lee， HyunJoo; Chae， Intaek. North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’. Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies. 2022; 29(1) 5-28. doi: 10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001

Lee， HyunJoo, Chae， Intaek. North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’. 2022; 29(1), 5-28. Available from: doi:10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001

Lee， HyunJoo and Chae， Intaek. "North Korea’s Social Structure and Subject, Focusing on Lacan’s ‘The unconscious is the Discourse of Others’" Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 29, no.1 (2022) : 5-28.doi: 10.18107/japs.2022.29.1.001