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Argus: What is The Society for Social
read philosophy, and through the discussions,
beevenunpleasantordisagreeable.Ithinkthis
Critique?Couldyoutalkaboutitspurpose,
understanditmoreclearly.Italsohelpsmealot
isaprejudiceagainstthinking.
theactivities,andthesubject?
tostudymymajor.
Nam: When my mother asked me what
Jung Chang-jo (Jung): The Society for
academicsocietyIwasjoining,ItoldherIwas
SocialCritiqueisinspiredbyourstudiesinthe
Argus: Talk about the latest issue. What
joiningthisone,andshewasnothappyaboutit.
Shepledwithme,“Becarefulnottobearrested
Dept.ofPhilosophy.Becauseofthis,wecannot
isit,andwhendidyoudiscussit?
help but examine the world through what we
Kim Dong-uk (Kim): The latest issue we
by police.”This group sounds aggressive to
studied and talked about was“Philosophia
learn of philosophy. Particularly, the group
manypeople.Butit’sjustadiscussiongroup.
studies the classics of the Greek philosophers,
Socialis”by Mapperson. This was our subject
Plato and Aristotle. We look at contemporary
during last winter vacation at the Graduate
Argus: For those who may fear
politics through the ideas of the classics.
Schoolonceaweek.Particularly,westudiedthe
philosophy, please explain why they
Sometimesthemembersparticipateinactivities
work of Thomas Hobbes because he had
shouldnot.
of the Society of Western Classics led by
different opinions from Mapperson. Both are
Na: It’s simple. Once you want to look at
Professor Park Hee-young of the Dept. of
focused on terms such as possession, social
philosophy, just do it. Anyone can open the
Philosophy.
classes, and analysis. We approached these in
door. Philosophy is not a possession only for
Na Yoon-jung (Na): We search for
the methods of academic research. We applied
philosophers. Philosophy covers every day and
functional principles of the world, and ask
these concepts to actual principles to better
the things you think of, dream of, and discuss.
questionsaboutthoseagainandagain.Through
understand how our society operates. There
Anyone can think philosophically. Think of
thistask,themembersoftheSocietyarewilling
were several meetings between undergraduate
anything.Thatisphilosophy.
tocarefullyexaminetruthandprinciples.Also,
and graduate students of the Dept. of
Kim: If you want to analyze the world
we connect these with the matters of reality to
Philosophy.
carefully and honestly, you have to see look at
ask why people dream, struggle, and study not
bothsidesfairly.Thenasounddecisioncanbe
so much TOEIC, but philosophy. For these
Argus: A great number of people think
yours.
methods, we use books like“Theory of the
that philosophy is too difficult to
Han Su-jin: Anyone of us might have
State,”“ManifestderKommunistischenPartei.”
understand at a glance. Do you have any
experiences in writing our own political
limitsinstudyingPhilosophy?
opinions on web sites. Some people also have
Argus: What made you to join the
Jung: We do not need the necessity to get
experience in joining a public gathering. I also
Society?
thatmuchfinancialsupportfromtheschoolfor
have these kinds of experiences. Studying
KimJin-hoo:Alotofquestionsfloodedmy
thisactivity.Ifthereissomethingtostudy,think
philosophyandpoliticsatthesametime,Ihave
mind, but I got more confused by them. I
about,anddiscuss,thatisfineallbyitself.The
gained an eye to see through my city, country,
wanted to move my thinking in the right
members feel enjoyment about engaging in
and world. The study of philosophy helps a
direction and I found that I could organize my
philosophy this way. However, the thing that
personmakethisprocessclearandsound.Once
thinking with philosophy. I also found that I
matters is prejudice. Our name, the Society for
youwanttothinkaboutsomething,youneedto
could understand the ideas better in the
Social Critique, scares people because we look
lookatitlogically.Thisiswhatwearelearning
discussionsoftheSociety.
at society up close. This comes from being
asmembersoftheSocietyforSocialCritique.
Nam Hee-ji (Nam): It was, I thought,
unfamiliar with these ideas because people
desirable for us to get together and
rarelythinkaboutthem,andusuallydonotwant
communicate each other. Reasoned arguments
tothinkaboutthem.Forthosewhodonotwant
amongHUFSansthemselvesarefascinating.
toexaminesocietyclosely,ourdiscussionscan
richard@hufs.ac.kr
Jung:Actually,itwasnotmywilltojointhis
JeonSeong-jin/TheArgus
group. There were a couple of senior students
who formed the Society, and I admired them
very much and wanted to follow them, so I
joinedtobewiththem.Consequently,Ibecame
able to reason social concepts after I began to
study with them. Reasoning the being myself
became possible for me naturally. It is not
absolutelyperfect,butIcananswermanymore
questionsnowthanIcouldbefore.Gradually,I
have come to think about life, politics, and the
worldwithmorelogic.
Na: Philosophy is really difficult to
understand and remember if you only work
alone. Deciding to read those books alone is a
hugeagony.Thisclubinspiresandguidesmeto
Reading“TheRepublic”together,participantsarediscussingwiththeirowncounterpoints.
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