The work "ON THE JUCHE IDEA " which was published on the 31st of March 1982 by the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL is the definitive work on the Juche idea , although it can said others such as "Problems of Education in the Juche Idea " and "On Establishing the Juche Outlook On the Revolution " are also important works which basically supplement "ON THE JUCHE IDEA ' . This work was a summation of years of research and study by comrade KIM JONG IL .
It was originally presented as a treatise to the National Seminar on the Juche Idea to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG . It is divided into 5 chapters :
1.Origin of the Juche Idea
2. Philosophical Principle of the Juche Idea
3.Socio-historical principle of the Juche Idea
4.Guiding Principles of the Juche Idea
5.Historic Significance .
I think it best to rather than give a very detailed summary of the work I will confine myself to a few remarks about the vitality and the correctness of the work so as to encourage people to go and read the work for themselves .
Firstly as I wrote in my essay " Reflections on the 38th anniversary of the publication of ON THE JUCHE IDEA "- (https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2020/03/reflections-on-38th-anniversary-of.html) reading "ON THE JUCHE IDEA " which cut through dogmatism and revisionism.It overcame the limitations of classical theories.
I was particularly impressed by the section on the socio-historical principles of the Juche Idea . Previously Marxism-Leninism had talked about the historically progressive nature of capitalism which is to see it from only one side i.e the development of the productive forces . However comrade
KIM JONG IL says that "The history of human society is the history of the struggle
of the popular masses to defend and realize independence.The leader said that all revolutionary struggles are struggles of the popular masses to defend their independence."
Referring to the change from feudalism to capitalism comrade KIM JONG IL says that " But that was only a replacement of the chains of slavery with feudal fetters, which in turn were replaced with the yoke of capital, not the abolition of class domination and oppression itself. In the history of human society, capitalism is the last exploiting system which tramples upon the masses's aspirations and demand for independence. It is a violently oppressive system which combines class domination with national oppression"
To put things in very simple and basic terms the work ON THE JUCHE IDEA is about the role of the human factor as opposed to the material/economic factor or one could say the subjective factor .
ON THE JUCHE IDEA postulates that the popular masses such the workers and peasants are the subject of history rather than the object of history .
As comrade KIM JONG IL said "The Juche idea defined man as the master who dominates
the world, not merely as part of it, and thus established a new world outlook which, unlike preceding ones, regards the world and its changes and progress with man, its master,at the centre. The Juche viewpoint and stand on the world with man in the central place provide a sure guarantee for the independent and creative cognitional activities and practice of man who transforms the world and shapes his destiny "
I think this really defines the Juche idea .
Reading ON THE JUCHE IDEA I was convinced that the Juche Idea is not simply "Marxism-Leninism applied to Korea " as claimed by some. The Juche Idea is a great revolutionary ideology and not just for Korea alone . To quote comrade KIM JONG IL again " By clearly showing how to stage a revolution in an independent and creative manner, the Juche idea has enabled the people of each country to have a strong sense of responsibility as the masters of the revolution, ridding them?selves of the fetters of all outdated thoughts hampering independent progress; and it has also helped them to work out a policy which is suitable to the actual conditions in their country, according to their own views and belief, and to exploit their own creativeness to push ahead with the revolution. The opening up of the way to stage a revolution in an independent and creative manner has encouraged the people in different conditions of history and at different stages of development to carry on, confident of victory, the vigorous struggle to achieve national liberation and class emancipation and build socialism and communism."
On this note I believe that I a deep study of "ON THE JUCHE IDEA " can enable us to reject and get rid of sycophancy towards big powers as well as dogmatism and revisionism . Thank you for listening.
Further reading
http://www.korea-dpr.info/lib/Kim%20Jong%20Il%20-%204/ON%20THE%20JUCHE%20IDEA.pdf
https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2020/03/reflections-on-38th-anniversary-of.html
https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2017/09/what-really-is-juche-in-answer-to-daily.html
http://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2014/04/juche-idea-answers-to-hundred-questions.htm
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