From an Angry Society to a Trust Society
Communication · Solidarity · Welfare
How can trust become possible again in a society where anger has become daily? This research is a seven-year attempt to answer that question.
Korean society is passing through a deep crisis of trust. The spread of digital media, political polarization, and widening generational, class, and gender gaps are gradually weakening communal bonds. Anger amplified within anonymity erodes even the possibility of civil dialogue. This research diagnoses the phenomena of this society of anger through a philosophical lens and explores the philosophical foundations required for the transition to a trust society.
The project unfolds along three major axes. First, Philosophy of Communication proposes a dialogic ethic that moves beyond the language of anger and disconnection toward mutual understanding. Second, Philosophy of Solidarity examines how justice and love can operate within the terrain of contemporary conflict. Third, Philosophy of Welfare asks about the possibility of care tailored to individual particularity, beyond mere distribution.
Across seven years of staged research, the team aims to propose practical alternatives for building a trust society, beginning from the diagnosis of a society of anger. Annual outputs will be shared through scholarly papers and books, ultimately laying the philosophical foundation — the ethical basis of living together — that our time demands.
An at-a-glance summary of the research program funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea under the Humanities & Social Sciences Research Institute Support Program.
This research aims to diagnose the conflicts of our time and to lay the philosophical groundwork for restoring trust and rebuilding social bonds.
Three axes — communication, solidarity, welfare — uphold this work.
소통의 철학
Beyond the language of anger and disconnection, we seek a dialogic ethic of mutual understanding.
연대의 철학
We examine how justice and love operate across the terrain of contemporary conflicts.
복지의 철학
We ask about the possibility of care tailored to individual particularity, beyond distribution.
Phase 1 (2023.09 — 2026.02, 3 years) and Phase 2 (2026.03 — 2029.08, 4 years). Each year carries a defined goal and keywords.
Three M.A. candidates participate as research assistants and are trained as the next generation of scholars.