Essays about: "compressed modernity"

Found 2 essays containing the words compressed modernity.

  1. 1. "Stuck in Hel Joseon"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Ella Holttinen; [2020]
    Keywords : South Korea; Hel Joseon; millennials; compressed modernity; Confucianism; neoliberalism; human capital; achievement society; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Korea is well known for its development miracle: the nation has managed to develop from the state of extreme poverty to the World´s 12th largest economies in a period of five decades. However, the negative consequences and side effects of this rapid growth, and issues of the contemporary Korean society has been less discussed, especially from the perspective of the Korean youth. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘Hell Joseon’ - Tales from a South Korean Youth Trapped Between Past and Present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Johan Cornelis Schoonhoven; [2017]
    Keywords : Compressed modernity; Hell Joseon; Youth; South Korea; Modernization; Inequality; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis takes its outset in the newly coined expression ‘Hell Joseon’ used by the youth in South Korea. ‘Hell Joseon’ is a comparison between today’s society and the pre-modern Joseon Dynasty. By asking “what are the main characteristics of life in ‘Hell Joseon’ from a youth perspective?”, I arrive at the following conclusion. READ MORE