This timely, pathbreaking study of North Korea's political history
and culture sheds invaluable light on the country's unique
leadership continuity and succession. Leading scholars Heonik Kwon
and Byung-Ho Chung begin by tracing Kim Il Sung's rise to power
during the Cold War. They show how his successor, his eldest son,
Kim Jong Il, sponsored the production of revolutionary art to
unleash a public political culture that would consolidate Kim's
charismatic power and his own hereditary authority. The result was
the birth of a powerful modern theatre state that sustains North
Korean leaders' sovereignty now to a third generation. In defiance
of the instability to which so many revolutionary states eventually
succumb, the durability of charismatic politics in North Korea
defines its exceptional place in modern history. Kwon and Chung
make an innovative contribution to comparative socialism and
postsocialism as well as to the anthropology of the state. Their
pioneering work is essential for all readers interested in
understanding North Korea's past and future, the destiny of
charismatic power in modern politics, the role of art in enabling
this power.
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