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Alienation and Introspection; The Crisis and Loss of Identity | LIST

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Alienation and Introspection; The Crisis and Loss of Identity | LIST
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Kim Seungok , Seo Jeong-in , Oh Jung Hee , Choe Yun , Yi Chong-Jun

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  • Kim Seungok
  • Birth : 1941 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Seungok
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김승옥
  • ISNI : 0000000114805510
  • Works : 34
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Alienation and Introspection; The Crisis and Loss of Identity   By Yang Yun-eui on Oct 27 2014 23:56:44 Vol.2 Winter 2008 Korea experienced a period of social change during the process of industrialization. During this time, the individual was gradually isolated and diminished by society’s organizations, the collective masses, and the mechanisms of industrial development. Every individual possesses a unique identity and that fact alone makes him an independent being. At the same time, the individual’s tangible lifestyle is deeply tied to the society to which he belongs. Therefore, his individuality is not formed autonomously or independently, but rather worked out in a social group setting. An individual’s identity was somewhat fixed and stable in traditional society because the social structure established the boundaries of thought and action, thereby clearly imposing a social role on the individual. Through this process, the individual is born as a member of a collective body and lives as a part of the stable world. However, as a result of changes and expansions in the social structure and the accelerating complexity of the modern age, issues of identity have become increasingly more unstable and fluid. Faced with structural changes in the mechanized and uniform modern indust-rial society, individuals have no choice but to feel alienated..

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