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- E-ISSN2733-9343
- A&HCI, SCOPUS, KCI
ISSN : 0023-3900
East Asian Patterns of Individualization and Its Consequences for Neighborhood Community Reconstruction
Abstract
This paper attempts to articulate the concepts of individualization and neighborhoodcommunity reconstruction in close relations as dual aspects of the same coin—considering the strong community reconstruction experience in East Asia. So far,seldom has it been attempted to draw out this reciprocal relation in empiricalresearch. Individualization has been widely discussed but with negligible attentionto community reconstruction, and vice versa. Against this, the author attempts tograsp individualization and community reconstruction as concomitant historicalchanges in East Asia. The findings are as follows: first, through a review of the mainoutcomes of the researches on individualization in the West and East Asia, it turnedout that individualization in the East is “family-oriented” or “community-oriented”individualization, different from that of the one-way development in the West. Second,through a review of empirical researches on consequences of individualization oncommunity life— such as mutual help and solidarity— it turned out that consequencesare mostly negative in East Asia. This enforced individualization tends to increasethe level of anxiety in everyday life while the integrative function of the communitydecreases, leading to neighborhood community reconstruction efforts for the desirablefuture of the city.
- keywords
- individualization, community reconstruction, anxiety of everyday life, family risks, social governance, East Asia
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