Encountering the Minjung through Three Symbols

• 발행기관: 한국민중신학회
• 저자명: Kwon Jinkwan
• 간행물 정보: 『Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology』제14권, 1~15쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기독교신학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.12.31

영문 초록

In this essay, I will discuss some of unspoken, but broadly taken-for-granted conceptions and beliefs about minjung in the present Korean society. Such conceptions lead to misunderstanding the reality of minjung. So I will suggest three important ideas or symbols that will help us explore the reality of minjung. They are multitude, inmin (人民, a people with a proletarian connotation), and the subaltern. Each of the three symbols portrayed here, provides us certain insight into the reality of minjung. But it is limited and partial in disclosing the reality of the minjung. Thus, by evaluating and integrating all of the three symbolical understandings, one can hope to arrive closer to the reality of minjung.