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Cultural Identity in the Age of Transculturation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Jungsik Um
Jungsik Um*
Affiliation:
Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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Jungsik Um, Sogang University, 214-103 Mokdong Apt. Mok 5 Dong, Yangchun-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The term “self” refers to the subject which persists through the changing experiences of a person. We think of it at least as the center of personal identity, or the organizing function within the individual. It may be desirable to examine cultural identity if there is something like “the communal self.” Kant believed that there is a “transcendental self” which transcends our experiences. Following him, we may analogously claim that there is a communal self, which transcends the history and the culture of the community, maintaining their identity throughout time by means of providing the unity principle. Korea is a typical example of a nation whose process of transculturation is most dynamically ongoing. Such a nation should apply this concept to her current cultural situations in order to be successful in the age of globalization.

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Diogenes , Volume 62 , Issue 2: Current Trends in Korean Philosophy , May 2015 , pp. 48 - 53
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Copyright © ICPHS 2017

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