Korean Novels in the 1960s and Nihilism, the possibility of associated heavy depression

Park Sung Jin

doi:10.21049/ccs.2019.54..169

The purpose of this paper is to offer an in depth analysis of the 1960s' nihilism through Kim Seung-ok's novels, and the possibility of coping with nihilism through the development of the concept of positive nihilism. The novels of Kim Seung-ok have faced the field opinion where values have been seen to have been collapsed, by the incidence of an individual or humanity’s in general meaningless situation. It is noted that in his books, Kim emphasizes that life is dominated by self-deception and self-rationalization. Thus, the author believes that life for mortals is an experience of disillusion. It means that nothingness is a state of being that is left behind everything as experienced in the individual’s life. Kim's thought is unique and considered similar to Nietzsche's philosophy which is trying to cope with the age of nihilism which is caused by the downfall of modern values. In this context, Kim notes that ‘God is dead’ as a slogan, which means that Plato's rationalism have been failed in the state of humanity, and it is a symbol of the end of the following of modern values in the general society. Nietzsche suggested that the concept of positive nihilism is available to anyone who follows it, and which can cope with the idea of negative nihilism. Nietzsche's philosophy which intends to follow a perfect downfall of modern values, is similar with Kim's struggle to overcome the societal beliefs in the1960s in Korean society. Both of them have proposed an alternative measure regarding how we can escape from the space of nothingness or nihility. They have said that we have to face our nihilism and complete it.

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