That's because it IS Idealist, which is why Marxists don't really take it seriously. What's interesting though is it's not unique. Sartre's final book, Critique of Dialectical Reason, is conceptually the same as Juche. I don't know if Kim was reading Sartre, or it was discovered independently, but it is worth looking at if you buy into the Existential line at all (which, I am unfortunately a lib, and I do).
I think Juche as it seems to be practiced would be batshit insane on a global scale, but hey if it gets them to communism, good for them. I still withhold judgement about stories coming out of Radio Free Asia.
That stuff about the Mass Line sounds interesting though, I'll see if I can dig it up. I'm just starting to really get into Mao (why did i read sartre and juche before mao idk lol)
That's because it IS Idealist, which is why Marxists don't really take it seriously. What's interesting though is it's not unique. Sartre's final book, Critique of Dialectical Reason, is conceptually the same as Juche. I don't know if Kim was reading Sartre, or it was discovered independently, but it is worth looking at if you buy into the Existential line at all (which, I am unfortunately a lib, and I do).
I think Juche as it seems to be practiced would be batshit insane on a global scale, but hey if it gets them to communism, good for them. I still withhold judgement about stories coming out of Radio Free Asia.
That stuff about the Mass Line sounds interesting though, I'll see if I can dig it up. I'm just starting to really get into Mao (why did i read sartre and juche before mao idk lol)
Yeah, don't think we disagree (I'm more partial to Camus than Sartre if I absolutely must embrace 20th century Continental philosophy.)
Have you read any Fredric Jameson? You might like his approach.
I have not but I'll look him up thanks