Doctoral Dissertation Research: Understanding the Dynamics of State Power and Militant Nationalism

博士论文研究：理解国家权力的动态和激进的民族主义

• 批准号: 0902199
• 负责人: Michael Goldman
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0902199&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Understanding; Dynamics

The study of socialist state power is one of the interdisciplinary studies which humanities and social sciences have explored. I believe that my project will be of significant general interest to political sociologists and social scientists who specialize in state power. Sociologically, my research on North Korean militant nationalism through in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation with North Korean refugees can: (1) enable us to delve into North Korean society, which has been regarded as unapproachable, through the qualitative research method; (2) help us understand how the socialist state exerted its power and how the citizens reacted to state power theoretically in terms of the relationship between the state and civil society; (3) help us understand an alternative perspective of socialist state power that is differentiated from the traditional approach of totalitarianism. The intellectual merits of this study are its contribution to theories of state power and socio-cultural transformation through a study of the bottom-up politics of Stalinist state socialism. A unique contribution is to explore citizens' everyday politics which is represented by the state's militant nationalism. This study is important for placing individuals' lives at the center of the analysis, and highlighting the way in which their everyday practices are shaped and reshaped within nationalist politics. The larger theoretical contribution of this research is to suggest a new understanding of state power in terms of the relationship between the state and society. This will allow us to consider a new mechanism of state power in Stalinist state socialism. This study also has several broader impacts. The findings of this study will be disseminated not only in the academic community but also among individuals and social organizations in and beyond the U.S. This study will be of significant interest to individuals and social organizations which engage in transitional socialist states and their social changes. These findings may suggest a better understanding of the relationship between the state and civil society in transitional socialist societies and provide insights for their peaceful social changes. Therefore, this study may contribute to providing insights for peaceful international politics.

社会主义国家权力研究是人文社会科学探索的跨学科研究之一。我相信我的项目将引起专门研究国家权力的政治社会学家和社会科学家的普遍兴趣。从社会学角度来看，我通过对朝鲜难民的深入访谈和民族志观察来研究朝鲜好战民族主义可以：（1）使我们能够通过定性研究方法深入研究一直被视为难以接近的朝鲜社会； （2）帮助我们从理论上从国家与公民社会的关系角度理解社会主义国家如何行使权力以及公民如何对国家权力作出反应； （3）帮助我们理解不同于传统极权主义的社会主义国家权力的另一种视角。这项研究的学术价值在于通过对斯大林主义国家社会主义自下而上的政治的研究，对国家权力和社会文化转型理论做出了贡献。一个独特的贡献是探索以国家激进的民族主义为代表的公民的日常政治。这项研究对于将个人生活置于分析中心并强调他们的日常实践在民族主义政治中塑造和重塑的方式非常重要。这项研究更大的理论贡献是从国家与社会的关系角度提出了对国家权力的新认识。这将使我们能够考虑斯大林主义国家社会主义中的新国家权力机制。这项研究还具有一些更广泛的影响。这项研究的结果不仅将在学术界传播，还将在美国国内外的个人和社会组织中传播。这项研究将对参与过渡社会主义国家及其社会变革的个人和社会组织产生重大兴趣。这些发现可能有助于更好地理解转型社会主义社会中国家与公民社会之间的关系，并为其和平的社会变革提供见解。因此，这项研究可能有助于为和平的国际政治提供见解。