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CULTURE
Reviewingbook:‘TheTaoofPhysics
OVER
VIEW
Orientalism,ModernPhysics
TwistedWomeninTV
CreateNewWorldview
H
umanbeingshaveatendencytobeinfluenced,oreventrained,bymassmedia,
andwomenarenotexceptionforthatmatter.Thereasonissimple.Sincewomen
II.Theparallelsofseeminglydifferent
aretheoneswhousuallybuytheproductsadvertisedonTV,massmediaareverymuch
worldviews
interestedinwomen.InKorea,TVstarslikeYuDong-keun,YuIn-chonandLeeDeok-
Capra opens the first part of his book by
hwa, all very popular among women, can be seen in underwear advertisements. The
explaining ‘the way of physics’. As a
reason for their casting is that the ones who buy men’s underwear are not the men
professorwhomajoredinatomicphysics,he
themselves,butthewomenstill.
emphasized the differences between the
Surely,womenarenotonlyinfluencedbythemassmedia.Asamatteroffact,the
worldviewsofclassicalphysicsandthoseof
development of the mass media affected women both in good and bad ways. For
modern physics. In classical physics, it was
example,theTVbroketheboundarybetweenthefamilyandtheoutsideworld.TheTV
generally believed that the world could be
revealedanewworldtowomenasaninstrumentoftransferringtheoutsideworldtothe
described objectively without ever
family. As a result, women came to have the indirect experience relatively freely.
mentioningthehumanobserver,andsuchan
Womencouldexperiencegroupconsciousness,cametoknowthemen’sworldthrough
objectivedescriptionofnaturewastheideal
soapoperas,andhadanactiveconsciousnessthroughwatchingawomancharacterwho
of all science. But in modern physics, the
ispassionateaboutherworkinTV.
universe is experienced as a dynamic,
TV,however,seemtoprovidemorenegativeeffectsthanpositiveones.Thismedium
inseparable whole, which always includes
has progressed in such a way that the building-up of male and female inequality has
the observer. This was proved especially in
been clarified. The women’s image has been fixed by TV. This situation is found in
quantumandrelativitytheory.
soap operas and advertisements on TV. For example, the popular MBC soap opera
Fromthispointofview,itisquitenatural
°∞Truthfulness°±showsthatwomenonlywishtoacquireloveandenvyeachotherfor
that the modern physicists came to have
ThetwodotsinT’ai-chiT’usymbolizetheideathateachtimeoneofthetwoforces
love.Manysoapoperasalsoportraywomenwhoareobedienttotheirmen.Ontheother
interestinEasternideasthataresubjectivein
reaches its extreme, containing in itself already the seed of its opposite. The
hand,careerwomenareusuallydescribedasbeingunfaithfultothefamilyandasbeing
diagramshowsasymbolicturningpointincivilization.
an essential way. In the second part, Capra
moreselfish.Slimandsexywomenmainlyactasmodelsinadvertisement.Naturally,
gives a brief account of the schools in the
TV is leading women to think that appearance is the most important requirementto
I.TheMarginsofWesternthought
religious philosophies of Hinduism,
Quantumtheoryhasabolishedthenotionof
However, the author does not seem to be
them.
T
heendofthe20thcenturyhasseenvast
Buddhism,andTaoism.
separatedobjects,hasintroducedtheconcept
awareoftheactualsituationtakingplacein
Inthisway,TVisshowinganintactexistingrelationshipbetweenmaleandfemale.
changes in the way we live and view
He describes the historical background,
of the participator to replace that of the
Easternnationstoday.Inhisbook,heurges
EvenprogressivecastingandimagingofwomeninTVsoapoperasandadvertisements
ourworld.Nosocietycanresisttheeffectsof
characteristic features and philosophical
observer,anditmayevenfinditnecessaryto
Westernerstochangetheirwayofthinking,
imply a consumer principle that is subordinate to a patriarchal system. TV has a
time and the inflow of Western technology
concepts of these spiritual traditions, which
include the human consciousness in its
butthesamemessageshouldbebroadcastto
tendency to idealize the subordinate position of the women, while beauty and
andKoreaisnoexception.
will be important for the subsequent
descriptionoftheworld.
Orientals. We can hardly find any
personality of women are evaluated as uniform standards depicted on TV. In this
Many modern conveniences have made
comparisonwithphysics.
What he hopes to have achieved is not a
differences between the worldviews of
situation,therealcharacterofwomenisneededtobeseenonTV.
our lives rich and comfortable. As a result,
In this part, we should take care of the
rigorousdemonstration,butrathertopresent
Westerners and Orientals because of the
Itissaidthataneffectivewaytorefurnishawoman’srightagainstthebroadcasting
we are inclined to treat our mental heritage
term‘mysticism’.Itdoesn’trefertomagicor
a view of the world which is internally
inflow of western materialism. Capra might
industry is to advance many women to broadcasting. Actually, there are very few
lightly and only chase Western rationalism
miracles,butdealswiththeexperienceofthe
consistent with the views of Eastern
not realize it owing to the strong influence
womeninthebroadcastingindustry,whichisaparticularlyseriousprobleminKorea.
andmaterialism.
intuitive world. It might be so named
mysticism.
orientalspiritualtraditionshavehadonhim.
Womenemployeesinbroadcastingaccountforonly13.6%ofthewholeworkforceat
However,theresultofthatchaseisnotso
becausetheorientalphilosophies,whichdeal
Forthisreason,hesaidthattheinteresting
And readers may feel a certain difficulty in
present.Womenscholarswhostudybroadcastingarelikewiseveryfew.Forexample,
affirmative. We are in the face of serious
withaworldinfourdimensionscanneverbe
questionisnotweathertheseparallelsexist,
understanding the technical language of
womenuniversityprofessorsinthefieldofJournalismandBroadcastingmakeuponly
problems like environmental pollution, the
explainedinthree-dimensionallogic.
butwhytheyareinexistenceandwhattheir
modernphysics.
5%ofthewholecorrespondinguniversityfaculty.Thissituationisnotirrelevantthatthe
threat of nuclear war and increasing human
And finally, Capra compares the
beingdoesimply.
At present, though we greet the ‘new’
“woman and mass media” problem is not too heavy to be properly dealt with in our
alienation.
worldviewsofmodernphysicswiththoseof
millenium, a change in our worldview has
country.Astudyaboutwomanandmassmediaisneededtostartresolvingtheproblem,
III.Themeaningoftheparallels
The author of “The Tao of Physics”,
Eastern mysticism. Although he has
not occurred. The worldview implied by
andanswerthequestionofhowwomenacceptmassmedia.Theexpansionofwoman
FritjofCapra,alsorealizedthisblindpointof
suppressed all the mathematics and
Themostimpressivethingaboutthisbook
modern physics is inconsistent with our
powerinlearnedcirclesisindeed,similartothatofbroadcasting.Thissituationmustbe
science.Sointhisbook,hemadeaneffortto
simplifies the analysis considerably till the
istheauthor’scontributiontotheexploration
present society, which does not reflect the
expandedtoincludecultureandpoliticsaswell.
describe the parallels between the
second part, this part is rather hard and
ofthesimilaritiesbetweentheworldviewsof
harmonious interrelatedness we observe in
Fromthisperspective,theissuessurroundingwomenandthemassmediaarestrategic
worldviews of physicists and mystics and
technical. He uses many illustrations and
modern physics and the mystical visions of
nature.Tohealtheproblemsof20thcentury,
mattersthatwecannoteasilyignore.
suggested a ‘new’ idea as a substitute for
importantconceptsofmodernphysics.
Buddha and Krishna. Being a Western
a cultural revolution which based on this
contemporaryWesternthought.
The most significant characteristic of the
physicist, he went through many years of
philosophyisrequired.
Thiscanbeaninterestingcomparisonfor
Eastern worldview is the awareness of the
Zen training and experienced an intuitive
those of us who live in the occidental
unity and mutual interrelation of all things
worldthatcannotbeexpressedinwords.He
civilization that is speculative and objective
and events. It is also dynamic, beyond the
also has a profound knowledge of oriental
and those of us who follow the oriental
worldofoppositesandeveninterpenetrable.
thought.Thiscanbethemainreasonforhis
ByHongJoo-hee
ByKimJi-yoon
traditionthatisintuitiveandsubjective.
Andmodernphysicshasmadeagreatstep
success in uniting these seemingly different
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toward this worldview in atomic theory.
worldviews.
InterviewingwithFlosong,Minjungsonggroup
AShortStoryOn
TryingtoMakeSongsMeltedinPeople
GloomyDay
T
he labor culture has always has been
participated in the performance, and
with a favorite theme of Minjung
communicatedwithus.Weweresohappyto
structureandschedules,butmaynotseemy
songs. Minjung songs have the power to
sympathize with other people and become
individual, sometimes humorous, private
makeatmosphereoftheralliesmoreliveand
theempowertothem.
Owlof
reactions.
more power forceful., And It and to makes
Minerva
It can be hard for me to see the sense in
the participants of the rallies to be closely
R:HowWhatdoyouthinkthatofthe
futureofMinjungsongsgoforward?
needs that differ widely from my own; but,
banded band more closely together through
onceIamconcernedthatsomethingmatters
powerofthesongs.
F:Thatisapartthatwealwaysconsider.
I
haveastrongsenseofresponsibilityand
toapersonIamabout,thatneedbecomesa
Especially, Minjung songs reached the
Wethoughtbelievethat Minjungsongscan
great loyalty to the organizations,
fact. I then go to generous lengths to meet
height of its prosperities during the period
definitelycontributetothefollowingcoming
families, and relationships in my lives. I
the need, even while continuing to think it
betweenfromtheendofthe80’stoandthe
ofperiod.Namely,wewantthatpeoplewho
always have done my best in daily lives. I
doesn’t make sense. Others usually see me
beginning of the 90’s. At that time, rallies
hadadifficultyinunkindlivingwouldtoget
work with steady energy to fulfill
asserious,consistent,andorderly.
that asked for the democratization to of the
a wish dreams though Minjung songs.
commitmentsasstatedandontime.Igoto
However, I also have had some external
government were active. Minjung songs
Minjungsongscanexistandgoforwardtoin
almost any trouble to complete something I
obstacles. Sometimes life circumstances
weresungnotonlytheplaceoftheinrallies
the right direction, in to sympathize with
seeasnecessary,butbalkatdoinganything
have not supported me in the development
but also the surroundings of the around
laborers. We thought believe that the right
thatdoesn’tmakesensetome.
and expression of my thinking and sensing
universities. Soon, streams of these songs
directionpurposesofMinjungsongsisareto
I generally prefer to work alone and be
preferences.
expanded to the general people populace.
keep the space of Minjung songs and to
accountable for the results; however, I am
If I’ve not developed my thinking, I may
But,ThepopularityoftheplaceofMinjung
harmonizewithpopularityculture.
Flosong
comfortable working in teams when it is
not have reliable ways for dealing with the
songshavebeenbecamenarrowdiminishing
In recent times, popular songs which
necessarytodothejobright,whenrolesare
worldandinsteadmaybepreoccupiedwith
alongthefollowingofthetimesincethen.
albums,twoillegalundergroundalbums,one
personalizing individuality. So, Minjung
criticized the dark parts areas of the society
clearly defined, and when people fulfill
myinternalmemories.IfI’venotdeveloped
Flosong is a Minjung song group that is
selection album compilation of selected
songs which contain abouts a group
are increasing. “Change” by Lee Jeong-
assigned responsibilities. Working with
my sensing, I may rush into premature
still playing actively, as keeping the having
songs,andonesinglealbum.Weconducted
consciousness strongly have a find it
Hyunisanrepresentativeexample.Wethink
othersneedssomerequirementsforme.
judgments and actions without considering
place of preserved the tradition of making
thirteen concerts and about were invited by
difficulty in to expressing find audiences.
thatMinjungsongscaninfluencetothepop
Asitcomestosayingaboutmyself,Ihave
newinformation.
Minjung songs for eight strong years. In
around two hundred invitation performance
We were in serious agonized over this part
songcircles,andviceversaofpopularsongs.
a profound respect for facts. I use my
IfIdonotfindaplacewhereIcanusemy
February, they put out their third regular
of national labor unions and universities
seriously.Asaresult,weformattedpatterned
Oppositely they can influence to the circles
Sensing primarily internally where I have a
gifts and be appreciated for my
albumafteralongtimeperiodofhiatus.So,
annually were done. Through these
a the concept of the album to after the
of Minjung songs. This mutual action was
storehouseofinformationwhichIdrawonto
contributions, I usually feel frustrated and
The reporter met with them at that time to
performances, we met many laborers and
routine of individuals. We wanted to sing
will definitely be indeed for the greater
understandthepresent.Thus,Iamlikelyto
maybecomerigidabouttime,schedules,and
askgettheFlosongmembers’pointsofview
students.And,weputoutthesinglerecord,
together with the people who go though an
developingbenefitofMinjungsongs.
be practical, sensible, realistic, and
procedures - go “by the book,” be critical
abouttheirownactingperformances,andas
“ChangetheWorld”atthefirsttimeintheof
pursue their personal lifetime wishes with
R: What are the difficulties of have
systematic.
andjudgmentalofothers,andfindithardto
wellastheirideasabouttheirwork.
its kind among Minjung song circles of
earnest desire but have a wish in lifetime.
IuseThinkingindecisionmaking,taking
delegate-totrustanyoneelsetodothejob
Minjungsongs,in1997.
Especially, we concentrated on the sound
you recently encountered during
R: How was Flosong organized and
performancesactinginrecent?
an objective, logical, and tough-minded
right.
At present, Flosong is composed of 12
andmusicgenreisofmodernrock,mostly.
approach.Myfocusisonthetaskorsystem
Itisnaturalformetogivelessattentionto
whatdoes‘Flosong’mean?
peoples. They are five singers, five
F: Above all, spectators Our audiences
Flosong: The “Laborers Singing
R:Weheardthatyouhaveperformed
asawhole,ratherthanindividuals.Itendto
mynon-preferredintuitiveandfeelingparts.
performing musicians, one planner and one
havechanged.Thatpointisthemostdifficult
belogical,analytical,andreasonable.
IfIneglectthesetoomuch,however,Imay
Association”, which to sing sang laborer
manager. We have fewer musicians
weekly street performances for jobless
for us to remember. In the past, most of
persons in Seoul station from 1998 to
I am clear and steadfast in my opinions
not see the wider ramifications of current,
songs for regarding the searching for the
decreased than before, but we still do our
spectators are the groups. Civic groups and
because I have arrived at them by applying
expedientdecisions,concentrateonlogicso
right of laborers’ rights, and ‘Yeulim’ to
best for to informing spread our music and
1999.Wouldyoutellusaboutthat?
laborunionscametoseeconcertsasaform
F: That It is a hard decision for us to
logical criteria based on my experience and
much I don’t consider impacts on people,
whichsayingaMinjungsongsaboutgeneral
becominggivethepowertolaborers.
of the in groups. But, in recent times,
knowledge. I believe standard procedures
andnotrespondappropriatelytoothers’need
people’s living ordinary life, were united in
decide to do street performances. Frankly,
personalizing of the individuality of our
R: What’s the concept of this third
exist because they work. I will support
forconnectionandintimacy.
1992. A The crystallization of these two
we couldn’t suppose estimate how deep
spectators represents clearly has become
change only when facts demonstrate it will
Undergreatstress,Imaybeunabletouse
groups is Flosong. Our group name,
album?
effectively street performances gave wishes
more pronounced. In the January concert
F: We were in agony to decide over the
bringbetterresults.Thatismyconfidence.
my customary reasonable judgment and get
Flosong, represents our wish that people
delivereddreamstothejoblesspersons.And
whichwasheldinJanuary,thespectatorsare
In this aspect, I am able to suppose how
caughtupin“catastrophizing”-imagininga
could live together familiarly in harmony,
concept of the third album. As a matter of
suchperformancesarehatisano-guarantee
turnedouttobeyoungerandmorestrongly
others may see me. I am sociable when
hostofnegativepossibilitiesformyselfand
likeflowers.
fact,thelocationinfluenceofMinjungsongs
performance, naturally. But, we decided to
personalindividualthanbefore.
comfortable in the roles I am playing;
others.
have become smaller than before. Through
do that nonetheless, it performing in the
R:Wouldyoutellusaboutyourmain
however,Igenerallydonotsharemywealth
Overthestreamofthetime,ralliestoasking
streets was a good experience for us.
of rich Sensing observations and memories
activities?
the for democratization have been
Through the performances, we met many
ByKimJi-yoon
ByMinYoon-kyung
F:Weputoutatotalofsevenrecords.The
except with close friends. Others see my
disappeared slowly. And, many people are
people.Theywerelaborers,joblesspersons,
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standards and judgments, my desire for
records are composed of three regular
becoming more interested in the concept of
junior young students, etc. Many people
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