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

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Article: http://list.or.kr/node/818
Journal: list_Books from Korea
Issued Date: -
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: SOUTH KOREA
City: Seoul
Book: -
Writer: Kim Seungok , Seo Jeong-in , Oh Jung Hee , Choe Yun , Yi Chong-Jun

About the Author

Kim Seungok
Birth : 1941 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Seungok
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김승옥
ISNI : 0000000114805510
Works : 33

Seo Jeong-in
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Jeong-in
Family Name : Seo
Korean Name : 서정인
ISNI : 0000000066504376
Works : 9

OH JUNGHEE
Birth : 1947 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Jung Hee
Family Name : Oh
Korean Name : 오정희
ISNI : 0000000120329274
Works : 67

Choe Yun
Birth : 1953 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Yun
Family Name : Choe
Korean Name : 최윤
ISNI : 0000000115702521
Works : 27

Yi Chong-Jun
Birth : 1939 ~ 2008
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Chong-Jun
Family Name : Yi
Korean Name : 이청준
ISNI : 0000000453018634
Works : 67

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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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