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Generational Conflicts and the Cultural Living- in regard to Fulfilling Civility

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1경희대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This paper explores what values, ways of thinking, and action patterns related to civility needed for today’s Korean society should there be, while considering various preceding research on generational conflicts as well as generational gaps visualized from the existing social condition and social phenomenon in Korea. This paper proposes the possibility of making a co-existing generational culture by adding humanistic solutions to the existing study results. Generational conflicts, one aspect of Korea's social conflicts, are gradually increasing in an apprehensive way and degree. Generational problems provoke social conflicts by hindering the communications between members from each sector of modern society. Resolving a conflict in civil society is a common task for all the citizens. What matters in the present situation is to secure both the complementary relationship and the co-existence of inter-generations based on civility. By the way, the nature of generational gaps and conflicts are directly connected to culture because it is also a source of expressing all the human consciousness and values. Therefore, this paper searches for solutions of generational conflicts, by means of relating the double-sidedness of culture as well. It generally develops the discussion mainly on the plan for the complementary relationship and co-existence between ‘youth generation’ and ‘old age generation’, and this paper suggests a face-to-face dialogue and the role-playing activity done by changing positions as a solution. This is the major issue for the cultural life of generations.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.