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Planning for the Future Society that the Youth Will Face and the Lives of Young Scholars

Cho, Keuk-Hoon 1

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This study is a part of the project entitled “Planning for the Society that the Youth will Face” and aims to take into account learning environments and social conditions in which young scholars’ lives and scholarship are adequately realized and enhanced. According to the survey on the changes in employment conditions in South Korea for the newly graduated doctors, the percentage of fully-employed humanities workers decreased from 56.6% in 2011 to 49.0% in 2014, and the percentage of those who earn more than 40 million won also decreased from 52.7% to 31.2%. This fact alone is enough to show that the lives of those who have doctorate degrees in the humanities are becoming more difficult. To discuss the conditions and the preparation for the type of society that young scholars will face in line with the worsening situation of employment, especially focusing on the humanities, this study analyzes a capitalist society and the lives of young scholars in that society. In that regard, the current state of the youth was examined, and was found to be unstable to such an extent that a new term “the Sampo Generation” has been coined referring to a new generation in South Korea that has given up courtship, marriage and childbirth. The cause of this situation is clarified in terms of poverty, education and inequality. It is found that social mobility, which indicates the reliability of endeavors and accomplishments, is significantly lower for the younger generation. With regard to social justice and the mission of scholars, an analysis is made by means of dividing their lifestyles into active and contemplative forms of life. The present study also strongly emphasizes the importance of the mission of scholars as professionals, their interests and a sense of challenge in a new academic field. Lastly, for the realization of planning the lives of young scholars, some personal factors, such as reading skills on authentic texts and belief in truth, are presented in conjunction with social factors, including fair procedure and the realization of distributive justice. Furthermore this study suggests the needs for the development of a new field in the humanities, such as humanities for the homeless, correctional humanities, and a character education program, as well as an organization of associations of humanities workers, such as a humanities cooperative association.

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