1977년 이리역 폭발사고와 근대적 국가주의 연구

Abstract

‘Iri Station Explosion’ on November 11, 1977 has been recorded as the worst accident in Korean railway history. In the accident, 1,076 people, including 59 deaths, were injured, 9,973 people were displaced, and the damage to the building alone amounted to 5.1 billion won. The explosion at Irie Station was a completely unexpected disaster. ‘Iri Station Explosion’ is a clear example of how the nationalist or authoritarian government represented by Park Chung-hee's dictatorship responded to national disasters and ideologically dominated the community. The modern nationalism of the Park Chung-hee regime was not based solely on authoritarian state violence and control. At the time of ‘Iri Station Explosion’ ideological mobilization and voluntary mobilization of the people who dominated the community appeared at the same time. On the one hand, it was the way Gramsy's hegemony was carried out. In the process of this accident, the nationalism of Park Chung-hee's dictatorship emerged as a military-state way of governing, patriarchal nationalism revealed by the worship of Park Chung-hee individuals, and developmentism revealed through the construction of Sae-ri. Since the mid-2000s, nationalism has gradually been dissolved as authoritarian states have been resolved and democratic procedures have been established in Korean society. But if you look at cities and communities, nationalism is still working with a very strong and constant force.