Hierarchical culture
Damaging individual
It makes discrimination in each person’s rights.
Ideal hierarchical culture
Give the task each person has to do.
Society will be good
In reality
The owner keeps the contractor down
Subordinate one’s own character
(중략)
Modern Korean society: surrounded by far much information than before
Human cognitive ability: almost co
of woman.
• Hijab is a symbol of uncivilized society. \
• Etc
For example
In Afghanistan, 2005, one woman Video Jockey was killed by her brother. Her name is Shai-ma Rezawi. She is first woman VJ in Afghanistan. She appeared her appearance that was not wear Hijab after the ruined of Taleban. She is popular VJ in Afghanistan as a symbol ofmodern Islam society. But One da
. The Development of Buddhism
Buddhism evolved from the Indian philosophy of the 6th century BC with its concept of saṃsāra and karman. The saṃsāra (the Wheel of Birth and Death) is the eternal cycle of rebirth of every living creature. Karman (act) describes all that someone chose to do whether it is deeds, words or thoughts and is followed by a distinct reaction. Karman
2-1 Culture of Recording
One special aspect about the politics and governing of the Joseon Dynasty is that it had a very sophisticated and complex recording system. All the events, works that happened in the country were recorded by specialists, and those records were passed down to the descendents with great care.
Here are some of the detailed explanations:
1) Portrait of Kings
The Jose
Andong Tour
Introduction to Andong
Andong is the home ofConfucianism in Korea. During the Joseon Dynasty, Andong attracted scores ofConfucian scholars becoming a pioneeringConfucian thought. This city also contained the highest number of private schools from the Joseon Dynasty as well as Confucian schools. To this day, Andong still has around 26 private schools fro
Ⅱ. The Basis of the Joseon Dynasty's 500-year history
1) The systemic basis for the Joseon Dynasty
The basis for Joseon kingship was Confucianism. All other religions were excluded, making Confucianism the foundation for the Joseon system as a whole, and the primary subject of education for king, crown prince, and peasant alike.
The virtues ofConfucianism were humanity, righteousn
of drastic social changes
- Shinpa melodrama: female characters abandoning Confucian ideology and values
crucial impact and long-time influence on Korean films and Television
- Male elites: attraction yet mixed with contempt and fear against national/social situations
- Socialism as ideological basis for the independence movement: impacts on films
- Only 5 socialist film
▣ Overview
The number of Korean emigration doubled in 1980s and a lot of them settled in USA. Even though they started to live in the US, the Korean atmosphere affected by Confucianism still existed within the household. Korean housewives living in the US had been watching Korean soap opera still, gathering at home, and renting out the video tape from the shop. These wives' soap opera viewing
◆ Modern Society and Web 2.0
Web 1.0 era as the word of "sea of information", we are exposed to a lot of information. Regardless of distance and time, we can easily send information as well as our own private information. Also, the amount of data, in 1989, the European Particle Physics in Switzerland, developed hypertext and MOSAIC invented first web browser in 1993. Those changes helped to
of Communism
Dissolution of the USSR (1991)
Ethnic conflicts
ex) Yugoslav wars, Bosnian genocide, Rwandan genocide
The 1990s
German reunification in 1990 –
result of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The eastern Germany (communist) integrates with western Germany (capitalist).
Globalization
-The IMF classified four basic aspects of globalization:
trade and transactions
capital