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What is this book about?

A work of social commentary by the South Korean sociologist Oh Chan-ho. He takes twelve shocking social events from South Korea over the past decade or so and asks of each why it happened and why it keeps being forgotten. From these cases he criticizes what he calls the "proletarian dictatorship mindset" — the use of collective violence to silence dissent and persecute those who hold different views — arguing that this way of thinking, dressed up as justice, has brought deep harm to society. The book analyses events together with social structure rather than stopping at individual cases.

Why read it?

The weight of this book comes from speaking to East Asian realities. Oh is not content to denounce violence in the abstract; he lays out twelve South Korean tragedies and asks how the "revolutionary mindset" turned the persecution of dissent into something called justice, step by step. For readers in East Asia wary of collective violence and far-left thinking, it offers not just outrage but a capacity to recognize how oppression dressed as justice begins.

Core Ideas

• The mindset that uses collective violence to silence dissent and persecute those who think differently has brought deep harm to society.
• Collective oppression and violence carried out under the banner of "justice" is often more absurd, and more dangerous, than open evil.
• The twelve South Korean events are not isolated cases; a common social structure is at work behind them.
• Persecuting dissent with the state apparatus and collective violence is the most typical form of this "revolutionary mindset."

What questions does this book try to answer?

• Just how much harm has this "proletarian revolutionary mindset" and collective violence actually caused?
• How can East Asian societies escape the poison of this way of thinking?

Who should read it?

For readers concerned with East Asian society, and for those wary of collective violence and far-left thinking who want to understand how it operates. The author has an explicit standpoint and makes no pretense of neutrality; as you read, it matters to separate the facts he reports from the judgments he draws.

How to Read It

What the source list values here is the way Oh uses real South Korean tragedies to attack the absurdity of collective oppression and violence carried out under the banner of justice. This is social commentary with a clear standpoint, not neutral scholarship; as you read, keep the events it cites separate from the author's reading of them. The events deserve investigation; the interpretation is one man's. It was written for Korean readers and is dense with local names and institutions, so a Chinese reader may need to look things up as they go.