ABSTRACT

This study critically analyzes North Korean elementary moral education textbooks published under the Kim Jong-un regime to understand how identities and power are enacted through school curricula. In order to interpret North Korean elementary moral education textbooks, the study reviews a brief history of compulsory moral education in East Asia in the context of Korean ethnonationalism. Three main themes emerge regarding the construction of North Korean sense of self, namely ‘fabricating ethnic homogeneity’, ‘correct attitude towards a new supreme leader’, and a ‘formally systemized mode of living’. Such findings uncover that the state’s institutionalized manufacturing of regime adherence begins at an early age and meticulously shapes individuals’ world views. The implications of the politics of monocultural, ethnonational identity formation are discussed.

摘要

本研究批判性地分析了在金正恩政权下出版的朝鲜小学德育教科书，以了解身份和权力是如何通过学校课程制定的。为了解读朝鲜初等德育教科书，本研究回顾了朝鲜民族主义背景下东亚义务德育的简史。关于朝鲜自我意识的建设，出现了三个主题，即“制造种族同质化”、“对新最高领导人的正确态度”和“正式系统化的生活方式”。这些发现揭示了国家对政权依从性的制度化制造从很小的时候就开始了，并精心塑造了个人的世界观。单一文化政治的影响，