New Right (South Korea)
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The New Right (Korean: 뉴라이트; RR: nyulaiteu) movement in South Korean politics is a school of political thought which developed as a reaction against the traditional divide between conservatives (the "old right") and progressives. The New Right broke from past conservatives, who supported state intervention in the economy, by promoting economically liberal ideas. Many figures of the New Right have also become notable for criticising anti-Japanese sentiment in South Korea. Opponents of the New Right movement described this as anti-leftism, military dictatorship advocates, pro-sadaejuui, and "pro-Japanese identity".[1]
History
Before the
Nonetheless, the conservative parties of the old style continued to hold a negative association with corruption of the past for many, and throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s,
Initially, these "New Right" groups contained many figures connected to the traditional conservative establishment and as a result they struggled to differentiate themselves from old-school conservatives for a time.
Unlike the moderate early New Right movement in the 2000s, the New Right movement has become increasingly extreme since the 2010s. Some New Right scholars have come under criticism for supporting the historical revisionist and extreme right-wing view of Gwangju Uprising.[5]
Political views
The New Right's view of modern and contemporary Korean history is known to be contrary to the view of progressive Korean nationalists.[6] The New Right movement is led by descendants of those who collaborated with the Japanese imperialism and Shōwa Statism during the time when Korea was a Japanese colony.[7]
New Right scholars try to promote pro-American and pro-Japanese sentiment among South Koreans. South Korea's New Rightists have a strong anti-communist perception of North Korea and a favorable perception of Japan, an ally with the United States, because they have a stronger pro-American sentiment than liberal-to-progressives. According to South Korean political experts, the New Right movement is based on the Korean
Criticism
New Right movement has often been criticized by many South Korean media and experts for being "
There is a controversy that New Right scholars support the colonialist view of Japanese people.
According to political commentator
Activism
Historiography
One aspect of the New Right that has been highly notable is the recent production of historical studies by New Right-oriented academics which seek to oppose
Conservative education
Some well-known politicians from the "old right"
Media
- (in Korean) Gyegan Sidaejeongsin (계간 시대정신)
- (in Korean) New Daily (뉴데일리)
Organizations
- (in Korean) New Right National Union
- (in Korean) Sidaejeongsin
Members
- An Byeong-jik
- Cho Jun-hyuk
- Lee Young-hoon
- Lee Woo-yeon (이우연)
- Park Yu-ha[a]
- Shin Ji-ho
- Hong Jin-pyo (홍진표)
See also
- Anti-nationalism[1]- In Korea politics, there is a political tradition that rightist oppose resistance-nationalism and leftists support resistance-nationalism. (However, the opposite structure is formed on the issue of immigration and minority rights.)
- Colonialism
- Conservatism in South Korea
- Ilminism - New Rightists are controversial because of their excessive glorification of Syngman Rhee.
- Neo-reactionary movement[10]
- Sadaejuui - It is Korean Confucian trandition.
- Pinochetism
- Social Darwinism
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d Lee Ji-yun ed. (2021). Politics of Rhetoric of ‘Nation’ in Korean Conservative Discourse: Focusing on Anti-Japanese Tribalism(2019) and Struggle against Anti-Japanese Tribalism(2020). Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information.
- ^ ISSN 0004-4687.
- ^ JSTOR 43650176.
- JSTOR 44510067.
- ^ "5.18 민주화운동도 부정하나?" [Do they deny the May 18 pro-democracy movement?]. 굿모닝충청. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ISBN 9781786602503.
Since 2005, conservative New Right scholars and progressive-nationalist historians have been engaged in a fierce debate over the writing of modern and contemporary Korean history in high school textbooks.
- ^ "'South Korea: The Politics Behind the History Wars". The Diplomat. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
The president's main ally in pushing through the textbook revision has been the Saenuri party chairperson Kim Moo-sung, whose own father was a prominent businessman during the Japanese occupation and actively encouraged Korean youths to enlist in the Imperial Army to fight in the Pacific war. Kim has been struggling to whitewash his family's history and downplay his intimate connections to the nation's corporate and media elite, and thus has been a passionate leader in the New Right movement, the ideological network behind the right wing revisionism.
- 한겨레. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "뉴라이트 10년… 보수혁신은 뒷전, 자리만 챙겼다". 미디어오늘. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
한홍구 성공회대 민주자료관장은 "뉴라이트는 정체성으로 유지됐던 것이 아니라 이권으로 뭉쳤다. 이념 운동이라면 이념의 전파자가 새로운 방향을 제시하고 지적인 긴장감을 가져야 하는데, 민주정권의 반동으로 일어선 그들의 철학과 지식은 빈곤했다"며 "이권이라는 깃발에 하이에나들이 모였던 것"이라고 꼬집었다.
- ^ a b "'한국판 신반동주의'를 경계한다" [Be wary of Korean Neo-reactionary movement]. 중소기업신문. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "윤 당선자 '친일·독재 미화 국정교과서 주역' 이배용 '특별고문'에". 한겨레. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
특히 일부 뉴라이트 학자를 포함한 극우진영의 주장을 그대로 옮겨 1948년 8월15일을 '대한민국 정부 수립'이 아닌 '대한민국 수립'으로 고쳤다.
- 한겨레. 23 August 2018.
- ^ Shin Dong-kyu ed. (2016). The logic of Holocaust Negationism and Comport Women of the Empire of PARK Yuha: Challenge against Collective memory and emotion through unhistorical narratives. Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information.
- ^ "조국 "구역질 난다"한 이영훈 책, 홍준표도 "비상식적"". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- 연합뉴스. 8 April 2020.
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- ^ "진중권 "한국 극우는 채찍 맞으며 오르가즘"". Views % News. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023.
- S2CID 236898640.
- ^ Song (송), Yong-chang (용창) (2011-09-21). "뉴라이트 역사관 담아라" 현 정부 임기내에 밀어붙이기. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ Song (송), Hyeong-suk (현숙) (2011-11-16). 역사·도덕교과서 집필기준 ‘모순’. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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