1st Edition
Leader Symbols and Personality Cult in North Korea The Leader State
By Jae-Cheon Lim
Copyright 2015
152 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
150 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
150 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The legitimacy of the North Korean state is based solely on the leaders’ personal legitimacy, and is maintained by the indoctrination of people with leader symbols and the enactment of leadership cults in daily life. It can thus be dubbed a "leader state". The frequency of leader symbols and the richness and scale of leader-symbol-making in North Korea are simply unrivalled. Furthermore, the... Read more
1. Leader Symbols in North Korea 2. Leader Symbols, the Cult, and its Impact on Political Succession 3. Myth- and Ritual-Making in Kim Il Sung’s Anti-Japanese Struggle 4. The Kims: Image-making 5. Symbolic Leadership: The Leader’s Guidance Tour as a Symbolic Act 6. Conclusion
Biography
Jae-Cheon Lim is Associate Professor in the Department of North Korean Studies at Korea University, South Korea.
