Emilio Uranga and the Communal Role of Melancholy in Postcolonial Korean Culture

Carmen Huxley ()
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Carmen Huxley: Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, MA Humanities Student

No 044CX, Proceedings of the 13th International RAIS Conference, June 10-11, 2019 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: Melancholy has long been considered a negative state of being. However, negative interpretations fail to appreciate its positive potential. Melancholy and its effect can potentially benefit, not just an individual but a community. Changing attitudes towards the idea of melancholy in American culture may happen if the strategy of defining it is adapted. This paper focuses on how Emilio Uranga defines melancholy and how his philosophy can benefit a better understanding of melancholy in a communal dimension. The role of communal melancholy in Korean culture after colonialization exemplifies the way in which melancholy presupposes and manifests freedom and is a condition of authenticity

Keywords: communal melancholy; Emilio Uranga; Mexican philosophy; El Grupo de Hiperión; ontology; culture; postcolonial Korea; Gwangju; Kim Hak-muk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2019-07
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Published in Proceedings of the 13th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, June 10-11,2019, pages 340-344

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