Hwang Jang-yop | North Korea’s Philosopher

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Since the founding of North Korea, a dictator has loomed over the people exercising strong control. What was the philosophical backing that led to this situation? The answer is the philosopher Hwang Jang-yop.
Hwang Jang-yop served as the ideological secretary and ghostwriter during the rule of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. He was a major contributor to the state ideology of Juche but more importantly the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System. These ten principles help build up a cult of personality around Kim Il Sung and we can see these principles being followed today around Kim Jong Un.
Despite his high rank and influence, Hwang would defect to South Korea, condemning the family and people he left behind. He tried to atone for his sins by criticizing the North Korean regime, but didn't live long enough to see any change.
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Комментарии : 29

@den4980 4 месяца назад

Crazy how he fled a dystopia of (partially) his own making

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

It's a very wild story

@nikolakirichev 4 месяца назад

Yep, and he left his family to face all the consequences.

@davidstrelec2000 4 месяца назад

South's gdp per capita hasnt surpassed North's until the mid 1970s and North had a better standard of living until up to 1990.

@LibrarianSankore 4 месяца назад

@@davidstrelec2000 damn, shows how fast things fall apart when ur not being propped up by the soviets.

@noahpogroelsky5406 4 месяца назад

Thanks for making this! It's always cool to see and learn about lesser-known philosophers.

@CluelessConscience 4 месяца назад

Great Video Sir!! I am binge watching all your content, they are truly intriguing…KEEP GOING!!

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much!

@denjul_ 4 месяца назад

Very underrated channel, keep it up mate

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Appreciate the love!

@ajourneytogrowth 2 месяца назад

Just stumbled across your videos, they are so interesting, definitely an underrated channel that is going to take off!

@gabriell7640 4 месяца назад

Wow I’m glad I found this channel. This video was interesting and very well made. Keep it up!

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@sleepyhead8408 4 месяца назад

new viewer here, love the style and content! keep up the good work! 🎉

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much!

@69ryxn 4 месяца назад

Amazing video! Keep up the good work.

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@aidenbijloo9447 4 месяца назад

Once again a great video!

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Thank you Aiden!

@Jewish_anarchist 2 месяца назад

You should do a video on Han Ryner he was a very unique thinker that is utterly forgotten

@answerman9933 4 месяца назад

Sounds like he got what he wanted. And then did not want it anymore. Just like most ideologues of all spectrums. The world (people) is way more complicated than academics would have us believe.

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Exactly, the world isn't something you can just grasp in a classroom

@lohipallo802 4 месяца назад

Is this inspired by Wes Cecils ”Forgotten thinkers” ? great stuff by the way

@meuno101 4 месяца назад

How do you stumble upon these lesser-known philosophers? I'm doing research on different types of love and trying to find some smaller philosophers especially in the East/Africa

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

Wikipedia diving lol

@meuno101 4 месяца назад

I will say tho having finished the whole video now, that he defected with the intent of trying to reverse his wrongs. It's common for a lot of people to go on a mission of self-destruction to try to attempt to right their perceived wrongs immediately (which in his case lead to the destruction of his family and a loss of his legacy basically)

@LibrarianSankore 4 месяца назад

Find the book Socrates and Orunmila and do a video on Orunmila.

@PhilosophyToons 4 месяца назад

I'll look into it

@loubaxo9339 2 месяца назад

I don't think that "strong fanily-oriented spirit" is a characteristic of communism, but rather a cultural aspect of far-east Asia, same thing with Japan and China. Obviously the north korean version is a bit more extreme but you don't see that kind of thing in Cuba or the USSR.