Ever since citizens, the bearers of national sovereignty, began to carry candles in vigils in 2016, the word “politics” itself has become the mantra of the era in South Korea. Full-fledged guides to politics in which the nation’s intellectuals respond to the people’s fiercely blazing desire for democracy in everyday life, works in the An Age of Politics series (4 vols.) earnestly reflect on the optimal contents of democracy, which has been established in form. In these collections of “An Age of Politics: Consecutive Special Lectures for a Civic Revolution in 2017” presented at Changbi School during the first half of 2017, when candlelight vigils swept across the country and summoned the people to open squares, Eun Su-mi, Chin Jung-kwon, Choi Kang-wook, and Han Hong-koo, authors who have been with citizens at the forefront of field politics, offer meaningful suggestions about the future of South Korean society that must be created through politics.
Arguing in unison that politics and democracy must now seep into South Koreans’ daily lives, authors participating in An Age of Politics present specific methods. Having changed from an outstanding theorist to a popular politician, Eun Sumi discusses methods for restoring everyday politics. A trenchant political commentator, Chin Jung-kwon talks about ways of creating a world where the haves and the have-nots alike enjoy equality. A vigilant jurist, Choi Kang-wook speaks of the concrete need for judicial reforms. Han Hong-koo discusses the roots of the candlelight vigils and ways of eradicating deep-rooted evils.
Eun Su-mi, Part-timers of the World, Engage in Politics
Chin Jung-kwon, What Is Good Politics?
Choe Kang-wook, Can Law Judge Politics?
Han Hong-koo, Open Squares Shout out Democracy