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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The Juche Ideology differs from mainstream Marxist theory by rejecting the premise of [[Dialectical Materialism]] as the driving force of history and instead argues that independent human agency and struggle are the main pre-requisites to the formulation of [[class consciousness]] and the struggle for popular sovereignty. The masses are to form an independent consciousness together and "resist fate" accordingly in establishing a revolutionary state. This theoretical premise forms the core strategic goal of the ideology in upholding the sovereignty and independence of the DPRK from Imperialism, a product of the precarious security situation the country faces against the United States. This is fleshed out into "independence in politics (sovereignty), achieving self-support in the economy and adhering to self-reliance in national defence"- of which underscores the logic of its nuclear weapons program.<ref name="Juche Idea: Answers to Hundred Questions>{{cite web|author=DPRK Foreign Languages Publishing|date=2014|title=Juche Idea: Answers to 100 Questions|publisher=DPRK Foreign Languages publishing House}}</ref> | The Juche Ideology differs from mainstream Marxist theory by rejecting the premise of [[Dialectical Materialism]] as the driving force of history and instead argues that independent human agency and struggle are the main pre-requisites to the formulation of [[class consciousness]] and the struggle for popular sovereignty. The masses are to form an independent consciousness together and "resist fate" accordingly in establishing a revolutionary state. This theoretical premise forms the core strategic goal of the ideology in upholding the sovereignty and independence of the DPRK from Imperialism, a product of the precarious security situation the country faces against the United States. This is fleshed out into "independence in politics (sovereignty), achieving self-support in the economy and adhering to self-reliance in national defence"- of which underscores the logic of its nuclear weapons program.<ref name="Juche Idea: Answers to Hundred Questions>{{cite web|author=DPRK Foreign Languages Publishing|date=2014|title=Juche Idea: Answers to 100 Questions|URL=https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/Ideology/JucheIdea-AnswersToHundredQuestions-2012.pdf|publisher=DPRK Foreign Languages publishing House}}</ref> | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 01:29, 1 July 2021
Juche (Korean: 주체/主體, lit. 'subject'; usually left untranslated or translated as "self-reliance") is the official ideology of the DPRK.[1]
Kim Il-Sung (1912–1994) developed the ideology, with his On The Juche Idea which was originally viewed as a variant of Marxism–Leninism until it became distinctly Korean in character. It incorporates the historical materialist ideas of Marxism–Leninism and strongly emphasized the individual, the nation state and its sovereignty.
Description
The Juche Ideology differs from mainstream Marxist theory by rejecting the premise of Dialectical Materialism as the driving force of history and instead argues that independent human agency and struggle are the main pre-requisites to the formulation of class consciousness and the struggle for popular sovereignty. The masses are to form an independent consciousness together and "resist fate" accordingly in establishing a revolutionary state. This theoretical premise forms the core strategic goal of the ideology in upholding the sovereignty and independence of the DPRK from Imperialism, a product of the precarious security situation the country faces against the United States. This is fleshed out into "independence in politics (sovereignty), achieving self-support in the economy and adhering to self-reliance in national defence"- of which underscores the logic of its nuclear weapons program.[2]
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