Kyobo Humanities Lecture, "Suggestions for the Age of Disease"

2021 Kyobo Humanities Lecture Series
Three-Part Lecture by Seoul National University Russian Language and Literature Professor Park Jongsso
Online Live Participation Available via Pre-Registration

Professor Jongso Park, Seoul National University

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] Kyobo Book Centre, Daesan Foundation, and Kyobo Life Insurance are hosting the Kyobo Humanities Lecture Series "Reading Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Prophecy for the Age of Disease" to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky's birth, inviting Professor Park Jong-so from Seoul National University's Department of Russian Language and Literature.

The lecture will be live-streamed online at 3 PM on the 17th of this month, and the live stream URL will be provided to those who register in advance. Registration details can be found on the Daesan Foundation and Kyobo Book Centre websites, and the lecture video will be made available on the Daesan Foundation's YouTube channel.

Under the theme "A Prophecy for the Age of Disease," this lecture will explore with Professor Park Jong-so why reading Dostoevsky's works, which contain serious reflections and critiques on the Other and community as well as seeds for their resolution, remains relevant today. The lecture topics are ▲Lecture 1: Biography - "The Moment Becomes Eternity" ▲Lecture 2: Era Theory - "A Herd of Pigs Racing Downhill Toward Death" ▲Lecture 3: Theme Theory - "Life Comes Instead of Dialectics."

Dostoevsky is a writer who vividly portrayed life in late 19th-century Imperial Russia, the era in which he lived. In a time when faith was replaced by science and reason, and materialism and selfishness were rampant, the "realist of the soul" Dostoevsky summoned protagonists such as underground men, murderers, simpletons, nihilists, monks, nationalists, libertines, and socialists to pose the question, "What kind of beings are humans, and where should the human community head?"

Meanwhile, the "Kyobo Humanities Lecture Series," which began in 2013 to offer high-quality humanities lectures to the public, provides deep insights and wisdom about our lives and the humanities to the general audience.

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