{"product_id":"105583","title":"We have no right to despair ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYHQiZZ0Hty3l7fTQIoXNQCzo1egp.png?v=1765123328\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e We have no right to despair \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/104408066\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e A word from MD\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e South Korea, it's time for change\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e South Korea's status is high in terms of economic scale and cultural influence.\u003cbr\u003e But are Koreans happy? Problems abound, from inequality justified by meritocracy, anti-intellectualism, polarized politics, and an education system that lacks purpose.\u003cbr\u003e Professor Kim Nu-ri says that now is the time for change.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eOctober 26, 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eSocial and Political PD Son Min-gyu\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhy We Are Moving More and More Towards Social Hell\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the age of disillusionment, let us now embark on a great transformation!\u003cbr\u003e A book that lifts the curtain of deception that has dominated Korean society and presents a blueprint for reform!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eProfessor Kim Nu-ri of the German Language and Literature Department at Chung-Ang University, who has been confronting the true face of our society with profound introspection and delving into the path forward for us, is publishing a collection of political and social critiques.\u003cbr\u003e This book, which compiles columns and contributions serialized in the Hankyoreh's \"Reading the World\" from 2013 to 2020, is more than just a collection of columns; it is also a historical record that faithfully captures the bitter landscape and trajectory of South Korean politics and society, which have rapidly changed over the past seven years. Having created a sensation through three lectures on JTBC's \"Different Class\" and the bestseller \"Our Misfortune Is Not Natural,\" he seeks to once again call for a \"great transformation\" by revisiting the fundamental contradictions and ills of our society and proposing alternatives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Introduction | To overcome the era of disillusionment \u003cbr\u003ePrologue | Post-Corona, in the Face of a Collapsing World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 1: South Korea Trapped in a Massive Deception\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Anxiety: The Hidden Ruler of Korean Society\u003cbr\u003e rude society\u003cbr\u003e Bystander society\u003cbr\u003e A society that kneels\u003cbr\u003e slave democracy\u003cbr\u003e The 2 million candlelight vigils' mandate is \"regime change.\"\u003cbr\u003e Candles in the square must burn in the field of life.\u003cbr\u003e The Age of Lies\u003cbr\u003e Democracy without democrats\u003cbr\u003e Let's practice democracy!\u003cbr\u003e “Can I freely criticize the president?”\u003cbr\u003e Dual sexual morality and the birth of a monster\u003cbr\u003e Thinking of the military\u003cbr\u003e Masked democracy\u003cbr\u003e Beyond total catastrophe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Looking back to go forward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most beautiful 'stumbling block' in the world\u003cbr\u003e Auschwitz made today's Germany.\u003cbr\u003e The unresolved past will inevitably return.\u003cbr\u003e The Brandt government and the Moon Jae-in government\u003cbr\u003e The 50th Anniversary of the '68 Revolution and Korea's Special Path\u003cbr\u003e Germany's 68 generation and Korea's 86 generation\u003cbr\u003e The Country of Gunter Grass  \u003cbr\u003eThe problem isn't plagiarism.\u003cbr\u003e A place more horrifying than Park Jong-cheol's torture chamber\u003cbr\u003e 100 Years of the Republic of Korea: A History Without Liquidation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3: There is no future in the land of depressed children.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The education revolution can no longer be delayed.\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the class society based on academic background\u003cbr\u003e Land of Happy Teenagers\u003cbr\u003e Allow teenagers to participate in politics\u003cbr\u003e If sixteen year olds had the right to vote\u003cbr\u003e Education in a country hosting a million refugees\u003cbr\u003e Who's Afraid of 18-Year-Old Voting Rights?\u003cbr\u003e Korean sex education was dismissed\u003cbr\u003e Competition, another name for barbarism\u003cbr\u003e Lee Kang-in's \"Brothers Who Didn't Play\"\u003cbr\u003e The answer to college entrance exams is not reform, but abolition.\u003cbr\u003e The answer to college entrance exams is not reform, but abolition.\u003cbr\u003e The new 100 years of the Republic of Korea, with new education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 4: The Trampled 'Hall of Intellect'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joo Hyun-woo, Kim Ye-seul, and the death of the university\u003cbr\u003e Death of the University and a Desperate Society\u003cbr\u003e A country that provides tuition and living expenses\u003cbr\u003e Korean universities occupied by capital  \u003cbr\u003eNewspaper University Evaluations and the Colonization of Universities\u003cbr\u003e The \"employment-focused university\" theory insults scholarship and intellect.\u003cbr\u003e Are universities subordinate to corporations?\u003cbr\u003e Faust's Bargain at University\u003cbr\u003e The Part-Time Lecturer Problem: It's Time for Professors to Take Action\u003cbr\u003e When young people take action, they change the world.\u003cbr\u003e Now it's time to reveal the \"academic blacklist.\"\u003cbr\u003e Korean educators, unite!\u003cbr\u003e Concerns about the conservatism of universities\u003cbr\u003e University reform is the starting point of social reform.\u003cbr\u003e May the 50th anniversary of the '68 Revolution become the first year of university democratization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 5: The Distorted Politics of the Lesser Evils\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e South Korea's oligarchy must end now.\u003cbr\u003e Excuses for Conservatives\u003cbr\u003e The rightward shift in Korean politics has crossed the danger line.\u003cbr\u003e Market liberalism expelled from the German parliament\u003cbr\u003e A strategy to nurture the populace is more frightening than controlling the media.\u003cbr\u003e Public broadcasting has become a trap for democracy.\u003cbr\u003e Korean broadcasting is an enemy of democracy.\u003cbr\u003e An Era of Great Transformation: Conditions for Social Reform \u003cbr\u003eThe biggest evil in Korean society is the election law.\u003cbr\u003e What is the identity of the Democratic Party?\u003cbr\u003e The Candlelight Spirit and the Democratic Party's Self-Denial\u003cbr\u003e The historical significance of the April 15 general election\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 6: A Bold Transition Towards a Peaceful Community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the American Dream to the European Dream\u003cbr\u003e The main enemy of Korean democracy is the Cold War system.\u003cbr\u003e The North Korean Nuclear Crisis and Ryu Hyun-jin's Pitching Schedule\u003cbr\u003e It's time to declare the \"Moon Jae-in Doctrine.\"\u003cbr\u003e The Dignity of Korea as a 'Global Star'\u003cbr\u003e Three reasons to pay attention to Germany\u003cbr\u003e Chancellor Merkel's advice\u003cbr\u003e German unification and two pastors\u003cbr\u003e Concerns about the Germanization of Europe\u003cbr\u003e Unification through absorption is a myth\u003cbr\u003e Peace in Northeast Asia is in our hands\u003cbr\u003e Thinking about Northeast Asia from a borderless Europe\u003cbr\u003e What Merkel's election victory means\u003cbr\u003e Thinking of America\u003cbr\u003e Is true reconciliation possible between Korea and Japan?\u003cbr\u003e The Paradox of Unification and the End of the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e A new era of peace where national reason has awakened  \u003cbr\u003eA change in US-North Korea relations will usher in an era of unification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue | Lifeism, Beyond Capitalism, Towards Life\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate3654\/MidCate003\/365326727(1).jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e “To overcome the era of disillusionment”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I don't believe the historian's words that 'history is the footsteps of the victors.'\u003cbr\u003e In a profound sense, history is the trajectory of battles well fought.\u003cbr\u003e As someone once said, perhaps “history progresses through the frustration of idealists.”\u003cbr\u003e So, we have to fight losing battles too.\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps it is thanks to those who have fought losing battles that this world has not become a complete hell.\u003cbr\u003e History, made through true fighting, has preserved hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With this faith, we must cross the land of disillusionment together.\u003cbr\u003e Even if you fall and break, you must get up again and move forward toward the place you dreamed of.\u003cbr\u003e In the past century, this country and this people have suffered tremendous pain and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e We, who owe a debt to history, have no right to despair. \u003cbr\u003eTo speak of hope without easily giving in to despair, to not be lost between utopia and melancholy? I believe this is the minimum ethics we must possess as we live in this age of disillusionment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ---From the \"Preface\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Professor Kim Nu-ri's exploration of Korean society, written with poignant reflection and sharp language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A world is collapsing.\u003cbr\u003e Many things we took for granted become unfamiliar, and many things we thought were solid are shaken.\u003cbr\u003e Things we believed to be eternal are falling apart helplessly.\u003cbr\u003e Fear grips the ruins.\u003cbr\u003e The fear that we might not be able to control this world is the true nature of the terror that is sweeping over us.\u003cbr\u003e I can't see the future.\u003cbr\u003e An era is coming to an end.\u003cbr\u003e American hegemony is waning, and the era of capitalism is declining.\u003cbr\u003e Neoliberalism is dying, and Western dominance is coming to an end. \u003cbr\u003eMaterialism and the ideology of competition are being questioned.\u003cbr\u003e As the old generation rapidly disappears, there is no vision for a new era.\u003cbr\u003e We are going through an uneasy transition period.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Prologue_Post-Corona, in the Face of a Collapsing World\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Just as Kafka's novel \"The Metamorphosis\" allegorically exposed the essence of modern life as a \"bug-like\" existence, this incident dramatically shows that the lives of Koreans are like walking on thin ice, clinging to the edge of a cliff.\u003cbr\u003e Korean society is a place where even those with excellent conditions and who have successfully adapted can fall into an endless abyss with just one wrong step or one wrong hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Anxiety is the fundamental force that drives Korean society, and it is the hidden ruler that controls and manages society.\u003cbr\u003e Anxiety domesticates, exhausts, and enslaves humans. \u003cbr\u003eAnxiety maintains and reinforces inhumane systems, and blocks and hinders transformation.\u003cbr\u003e Anxiety deepens and becomes routine in the logic of endless competition.\u003cbr\u003e And so, finally, anxiety kills life.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 1: South Korea Trapped in a Great Deception: 'Anxiety, the Hidden Ruler of Korean Society'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The essence of the MeToo movement is not the 'dirty desires of bad people,' but the distorted sexual culture of an immature society.\u003cbr\u003e The problem is that they are not exceptional villains, but rather characters who typically embody the pathology of society as the 'kings of that world.'\u003cbr\u003e The problem with 'the pathology of normality' (Erich Fromm) is that these are the people who typically embody it.\u003cbr\u003e The problem is the ‘pathology of normality’ (Erich Fromm).\u003cbr\u003e To break this, a great transformation comparable to the Cultural Revolution is needed. \u003cbr\u003eI hope that the MeToo movement will become a catalyst for a huge transformation that will change the anachronistic and hypocritical sexual culture of this country.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 1: The Republic of Korea Trapped in a Great Deception: 'Dual Sexual Morality and the Birth of a Monster'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The artist who started planting brass plates on the street was Gunther Demnig.\u003cbr\u003e His goal is to “return the ‘names’ of the victims who were called by numbers and murdered to the last places where they lived as free people.”\u003cbr\u003e He named this small memorial stone, which is made of a brass plate attached to a stone measuring 10 centimeters in length, width, and height, Stolperstein.\u003cbr\u003e In Korean, it is 'stumbling block'.\u003cbr\u003e No one has yet stumbled over this stumbling block.\u003cbr\u003e Because the ground was dug and planted.\u003cbr\u003e But there is probably no German who has not stumbled over this stumbling block.\u003cbr\u003e Because they have to face their terrible past every day. \u003cbr\u003e---From \"Looking Back to Go Forward Chapter 2_'The World's Most Beautiful 'Stumbling Block'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I don’t have the confidence to push my child into this hell.”\u003cbr\u003e I was talking to five female graduate students about the declining birth rate.\u003cbr\u003e This was the answer one student gave when everyone was surprised to hear that he would not have children and asked why.\u003cbr\u003e The conversation continued endlessly about the educational environment that forces children into suffocating competition from an early age, and the pain, hurt, frustration, and anger they experience.\u003cbr\u003e I was left speechless by the question, “Is it possible for a child to grow up to be a normal human being in this society?”\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 3: There is no future in the land of depressed children_'Beyond the class society based on academic background'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The reason why educational reform in Korea has not been successful is not because of the lack of thoroughness of the reform, but because the direction and goals of the reform were wrong. \u003cbr\u003e'Reform' that encourages more heated competition in the name of 'fairness' is not an improvement, but a deterioration.\u003cbr\u003e Educational reform must begin with these fundamental questions: What kind of society do we want to live in? What kind of people do we want our children to become?\u003cbr\u003e We must now break away from this society of endless competition and obsession with academic background.\u003cbr\u003e We must create schools where children feel happy.\u003cbr\u003e We must change the principles of education from ‘exclusion through competition’ to ‘inclusion through solidarity.’\u003cbr\u003e We must move toward a society where all children can fully realize their potential.\u003cbr\u003e Abolishing the college entrance exam is the first step.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 3: There is no future in the land of depressed children_'The answer is not reform but abolition of the college entrance exam 2'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, Korean universities have become a dumping ground for deep-rooted evils, where all the contradictions of society are accumulated. \u003cbr\u003eRather than expanding equal opportunity, universities have degenerated into channels for legitimizing the inheritance of wealth and status; rather than embodying social justice, they have become institutions that represent the interests of the privileged; and they have degenerated into organizations that pursue profit over truth.\u003cbr\u003e No wonder there is even criticism that “Korean universities are democratic” (Kim Jong-young).\u003cbr\u003e It is absurd to talk about social reform while neglecting universities that have come to this point.\u003cbr\u003e Universities, as the highest academic institutions, are institutions that produce discourses that define the nation's identity and the direction of society. Therefore, the Moon Jae-in administration, born from the revolutionary spirit of the times to create a \"new nation,\" should make university reform the starting point of social reform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 4: The Trampled 'Hall of Intellect' - 'University Reform is the Starting Point of Social Reform'\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhile it is important to achieve democratization of broadcasting, it is more important to prevent the democratization of broadcasting.\u003cbr\u003e The regime's control of the media undermines fair reporting, but the total entertainment aspect of broadcasting silences the public's consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e We depoliticize ourselves every day, succumbing to the soft allure of entertainment while we recline comfortably on our sofas.\u003cbr\u003e Thus, despite the widespread strife and the material and institutional conditions for social change already in place, the absurd reality of a lack of action in achieving social change persists.\u003cbr\u003e The ‘organized power of the awakened citizens’ is not being unleashed.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 5: The Distorted Politics of the Lesser Evils: 'A Strategy to Fool the People, More Dreadful Than Controlling the Media'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The political structure in which the successor party of the military dictatorship and the guardian party of the capitalist dictatorship permanently rule through a winner-take-all electoral system is the fundamental cause of today's 'Korean tragedy.' \u003cbr\u003eIn this sense, the current election law is the worst of the worst.\u003cbr\u003e This is a fundamental evil that makes it impossible to eradicate corruption, and it is a core evil that blocks change and reform.\u003cbr\u003e The election law turns the political landscape into a playground for reactionaries and conservatives, blocks the emergence of new political forces, and stifles the vibrant political imagination of the younger generation.\u003cbr\u003e Without a revision of the election law, the oligarchy of the two major parties cannot be overcome, and fundamental social change cannot be expected.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 5: The Distorted Politics of the Lesser Evils: 'The Greatest Evil in Korean Society is the Election Law'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Cold War system that has oppressed the Korean Peninsula for the past 70 years has deformed Korean society and crippled Koreans. \u003cbr\u003eThe distortion of Korean politics into a reactionary, conservative oligarchy, the distortion of the Korean economy into a chaebol dictatorship, the corruption of Korean culture into a violent military culture, and the sickening authoritarian nature of the Korean people all trace their roots back to the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e Only when the Cold War system ends can Korean society become normal and Koreans become normal people.\u003cbr\u003e ---From \"Chapter 6: A Bold Transition Towards a Peace Community: The Paradox of Unification and the End of the Cold War\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The post-corona era will now be an era of great transformation.\u003cbr\u003e If humanity is to survive, everything must change.\u003cbr\u003e We must transition from a market-centered society to a human-centered society, from a competitive society to a solidarity society, from a neoliberal state to a welfare state, from human domination of nature to coexistence of humans and nature, and from meritocracy to dignocracy.\u003cbr\u003e One thing is clear. \u003cbr\u003eThe fact is that the system that has ruled the world until now will no longer work.\u003cbr\u003e Reflections on capitalism and humanity raise fundamental questions about whether capitalism is truly a sustainable system.\u003cbr\u003e This is because capitalism destroys humanity, which is the condition of human dignity, destroys society, which is the condition of human survival, and destroys nature, which is the condition of human life.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e ---From \"Epilogue_'Lifeism, Beyond Capitalism to Life'\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn intellectual journey that explores the contradictions and limitations of the \"mysterious country\" of South Korea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the early days of the Park Geun-hye administration through the Candlelight Revolution and into the fourth year of the Moon Jae-in administration, articles covering major issues in Korean politics, society, economy, and international relations are permeated by one poignant question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Why does a country that has achieved both a moving democracy and astonishing economic growth, admired by the entire world, have the world’s worst indicators in suicide rates, working hours, inequality, industrial accident fatality rates, gender discrimination, and birth rates?\u003cbr\u003e “We have all the institutional and material conditions to realize an ideal society, so why are we heading further and further toward social hell?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book, a record of Professor Kim Nu-ri's intense intellectual journey to find the answer to that question, categorizes each article into six themes and organizes them as follows.\u003cbr\u003e Beginning with [Prologue], which explores the prospects for the post-corona era, Chapter 1, “South Korea Trapped in a Great Deception,” examines the pathology of Korean society and its roots.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2, “Looking Back to Go Forward,” addresses the issues of history, culture, and coming to terms with the past. \u003cbr\u003eIn particular, by comparing it with the case of Germany, which is called a 'historical nation (Geschichtsnation),' the author traces how the absence of liquidation of the past has deformed Korean society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3, “There is no future for a country of depressed children,” addresses the issue of education, a chronic problem in our society.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4, “The Trampled ‘Hall of Intellect,’” criticizes the reality facing universities and explores ways to overcome the crisis facing universities, recognizing that the “death of universities” is the fundamental cause of Korean society’s descent into Hell Joseon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5, “The Distorted Politics of the Lesser Evils,” examines the greatness and limitations of Korean democracy, its flawed political landscape, and its distorted political system, comparing them to the German case, and explores the possibilities for political reform. \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6, “A Bold Transition Towards a Peace Community,” contains articles on peace issues between North and South Korea surrounding the Korean Peninsula, the current situation and future of Northeast Asia, and international relations.\u003cbr\u003e Finally, I propose 'lifism' to overcome the evils of capitalism and move toward a world that respects life, survival, and the value of living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA new century for the Republic of Korea, a country where human life, survival, and existence are respected!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Professor Kim Nu-ri states that the seven-year process of writing the column was, in a word, “a task of uncovering the ‘huge deception’ that permeates every area of ​​Korean society.” \u003cbr\u003eAccording to him, Korean society seems to have achieved democracy through a series of democratization revolutions, but behind it, undemocratic daily life is deeply rooted, and with reactionary and conservative political forces monopolizing the National Assembly for decades, there has been no room for 'progressive progress' and 'productive debate', and although 'fairness' is emphasized, in reality, the logic of capitalist competition is threatening true freedom and equality.\u003cbr\u003e The survival cliff is that steep, and social chaos and disparity are reaching extremes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nevertheless, the author urges, “Do not speak of hope too easily, but do not fall into despair too easily.”\u003cbr\u003e We still have limitless potential, as evidenced by the remarkable civic consciousness reaffirmed during the candlelight revolution and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing influence of our culture. \u003cbr\u003eThe title of the book, “We Have No Right to Despair,” is ultimately a phrase that reminds us that we have the responsibility, role, and right to create a new country and a different life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unfortunately, most of the social conflicts and limitations discussed in the book are still ongoing.\u003cbr\u003e This is also the reason why the writings from that time were included despite the long time difference.\u003cbr\u003e So, the book has a deep meaning as a negative example for a changed tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e At a time of great change, including the post-COVID-19 global transformation and the presidential election, Professor Kim Nu-ri emphasizes the need to overcome past disillusionment and move toward a self-reliant, welfare, and ecological nation where the dignity of each individual and nation is respected.\u003cbr\u003e If the old ways no longer work and this can't continue, it will provide an opportunity to actively explore the direction and methods of transition. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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