Justice and Subject in Christianity and Buddhism: An Ontological Study

• 발행기관: 한국민중신학회
• 저자명: Kwon JinKwan
• 간행물 정보: 『Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology』제19권, 1~16쪽, 전체 16쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기독교신학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.06.29

영문 초록

South Korea is a member of developed countries in the OECD and G20. It is also a part of the Third World, because it had been a colony and became independent after the Second World War. Korea still suffers the legacy of the colonialism, of which the division of the Korean peninsula is most conspicuous. Korea’s colonial exploitations and the division of the nation constitute the root causes of the permanently unstable social-economic-political structures in Korea. In the way toward a complete liberation from the colonialism and neo-colonialism stand the division of the nation and other colonial legacies. Among them is the unbalanced development in South Korea. One section of South Korea has been overgrown; the other has plunged into despair. On the one hand, South Korea has business giants such as Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor. On the other hand, South Korea is notorious for its high rate of irregular employment (more than a third of the whole industrial workers). Recently two irregular workers of Hyundai Motor immolated themselves by setting themselves on fire. Irregular workers are regarded as different species in Korea. Only regular workers have job security and good wages. The existence of irregular workers is considered buttressing the social-economic stability of the former colonial state like Korea, which otherwise, they believe, would fall into chaos and destruction. The contemporary neo-liberal capitalist system requires scapegoats for its redemption. Irregular and discriminated workers are among the scapegoats. The process of stratification of the people into a modern castes and classes is undergoing intensely. There are non-beings in the society; they are not represented by themselves or by others.