{"id":106313,"date":"2023-02-15T16:13:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T22:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/a-name-above-all-others\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:45:01","slug":"a-name-above-all-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/a-name-above-all-others\/","title":{"rendered":"A Name Above All Others?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-109856 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Kim_Jong_Un_with_Honor_Guard_portrait-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"A portrait of North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong-un.\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Kim_Jong_Un_with_Honor_Guard_portrait-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Kim_Jong_Un_with_Honor_Guard_portrait.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Over the course of your lifetime, how many people have you met with the same name as you? Twenty? Fifty? Five hundred? In the <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/oact\/babynames\/decades\/century.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">United States, names like James and Mary are very common.<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0On the other hand, in\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bounty.com\/pregnancy-and-birth\/baby-names\/baby-names-regional\/name-origins\/egyptian-names\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Egypt, Ahmed and Sara are also common names.<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0The\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/people.howstuffworks.com\/culture-traditions\/national-traditions\/most-common-last-names-in-world.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">most common last names around the world<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> are Wang, Hern\u00e1ndez, Mohamed, and Smith. Our names are a representation of us, our family, and our larger community. But what happens if you lose your name? Not simply change it, as many choose to do when they get married, but lose all rights to it? Currently, many citizens of North Korea are experiencing that reality. North Korea\u2019s hereditary dictator, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/n-korea-bans-citizens-having-224046044.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kim Jong-un, has ordered that anyone with the name Ju-ae has one week to find a new name<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Why? Because that is his <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/08\/asia\/north-korea-kim-jong-un-daughter-banquet-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">nine-year-old daughter\u2019s name<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, it has been decided that she will be the only person in the country with that name. It doesn\u2019t matter if you have lived with that name for five weeks or fifty years; it is now considered a name with the \u201chighest dignity\u201d and is, thus, reserved for members of the North Korean ruling family. This is not the first time this has happened in North Korea. The names of the aforementioned leader and his wife, Sol-ju, are also off-limits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-109857 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Beckenbauer_Pressefotografen2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A man being photographed by paparazzi.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Beckenbauer_Pressefotografen2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Beckenbauer_Pressefotografen2-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/Beckenbauer_Pressefotografen2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">From a sociological perspective, the name issue in North Korea is fundamentally about\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">social status<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">an individual\u2019s position or rank within a social system<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Those with the right status (e.g., members of the ruling family) have the freedom to decide their names. To a certain degree, they also can determine the names of others by making certain names off-limits. Not all members of the North Korean elite have this authority. Being a North Korean general with <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">achieved status<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">earned social status based upon merit<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> doesn\u2019t give you the power to outlaw specific names nationwide. That power is within the hands of a select group of people with <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ascribed status<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. While, typically, ascribed status is thought of as <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">assigned social status based on characteristics such as sex, race, and age<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, other factors such as one\u2019s social position at birth also qualify. For example, like Kim Jong-un, King Charles of Great Britain has ascribed status based on his sex, race, age, and position of birth in the British monarchy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-109858 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/kevin-schmid-RV6-09J3HYU-unsplash-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A dark concert venue.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/kevin-schmid-RV6-09J3HYU-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/kevin-schmid-RV6-09J3HYU-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/kevin-schmid-RV6-09J3HYU-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/kevin-schmid-RV6-09J3HYU-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/02\/kevin-schmid-RV6-09J3HYU-unsplash-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The question we are left pondering is how the North Korean people feel about these enforced name changes. If you were to visit the country, it might be hard to find anyone displaying anything other than a positive reaction. In fact,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">feeling rules<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">norms about which emotions are appropriate to display in a given situation<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, are very evident in North Korean society, particularly when\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/21\/world\/asia\/north-korean-mourning-blends-emotion-and-coercion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">mourning the death of a leader<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. But would these public responses be the whole story? No, not if one considers\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">dramaturgy,<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the theory that we are all actors on the stage of life, and as such, we divide our world based on what we let others see and don\u2019t see of us<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. According to this theory, people divide their world into <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">front stage<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a person\u2019s public life that they reveal to the world<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">backstage<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a person\u2019s private world that they choose not to reveal. <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While you might not know someone\u2019s true feelings about losing their name, members of their family or <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">primary group<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><\/em><\/strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">made up of<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> small-scale, intimate, face-to-face, long-lasting associations<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, may have access to more honest insights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Understanding the impact of losing one\u2019s name in this manner requires a <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">definition of the situation<\/span><\/strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">an individual\u2019s interpretation of the social setting<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, that is beyond the scope of most outsiders.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ethnomethodology<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the study of people\u2019s methods as it relates to the formation of society<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, would be a wonderful way to investigate the questions posed above. Doing this type of research would also increase our understanding of the North Korean\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">social construction of reality<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">an individual\u2019s perception of one\u2019s social world is determined or influenced by social interaction<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Maybe by better understanding the North Korean construction of reality, we would be able to better understand our own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Thompson is a co-owner of\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>UITAC Publishing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><b><i>. UITAC\u2019s mission is to provide high-quality, affordable, and socially responsible online course materials.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Images used in this blog:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kim_Jong_Un_with_Honor_Guard_portrait.jpg\">Kim Jong Un with Honor Guard portrait<\/a>&#8221; by Cheongwadae \/ Blue House is licensed under the <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kogl.or.kr\/edu\/eduDataFileDown.do?dataIdx=97&amp;dataFileIdx=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Korea Open Government License Type I: Attribution<\/a>. 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In the United States, names like James and Mary are very common.\u00a0On the other hand, in\u00a0Egypt, Ahmed and Sara are also common names.\u00a0The\u00a0most common last names around the world are Wang, Hern\u00e1ndez, Mohamed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":109857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,185,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environmental-sociology","category-population","category-social-interactions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Name Above All Others? 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