‘On greatness, wise leadership and great personality of the Dear Leader’ – a few remarks concerning the determinants of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s political system Cover Image

„O wielkości, mądrym przywództwie i wielkiej osobowości Drogiego Przywódcy” – kilka uwag dotyczących uwarunkowań systemu politycznego Koreańskiej Republiki Ludowo-Demokratycznej
‘On greatness, wise leadership and great personality of the Dear Leader’ – a few remarks concerning the determinants of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s political system

Author(s): Przemysław Benken
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Sciences, Government/Political systems
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: North Korea; personality cult; the Juche ideology

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is to present selected aspects concerning cultural and historical determinants of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s political system. Amongst everything else, it describes the great importance of the Kims personality cult (including the ‘Great Leader’ theory) and the Juche (self-reliance) ideology to the Communist regime that have not developed in cultural emptiness but adopted to the so-called ‘local specificity’.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 79-89
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish