- Overview
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This book introduces human culture including socialization, cultural exchanges, changes in culture, gender roles, becoming an adult, plays and festivals, marriage and family, types of authority, and the role of religion through a report prepared by an imaginary alien.
- Book Intro
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This book looks at socialization, cultural exchanges, changes in culture, gender roles, becoming an adult, plays and festivals, marriage and family, types of authority, and the role of religion in human culture through a report prepared by an imaginary alien. In other words, it looks at what it means to be a member of society, the roles of men and women in the society, what it means to become an adult, why there are different marriage styles around the world, where authority comes from, and what the role of religion is. Answers to these questions are offered in the voice of an alien, who wants to settle on earth, in a way that is sometimes serious and sometimes funny.
- About the Author
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Lee Kyungdeok
Lee Kyungdeok studied Philosophy in university, acquiring the power to understand the world, and cultural anthropology at graduate school to find the truth of the world. He acquired his PhD in Mythology and Rituals at Hanyang University's School of Cultural Anthropology. He currently holds lectures about rituals, festivals, mythologies and economic anthropology at a university, and writes articles about culture. Books he has written include Western and Eastern Mythologies Around Us; Mythology, The Mirror of Our Era; The Path to Our Ancient History, The Heritage of the Three States; World Heritages of Korea Selected by UNESCO; and An Alien's Report on Humanity, and he has also translated several books, including Power of Thinking; Beyond Orientalism; World History from the Eyes of a Nomad; and Civilisation Grecque(3-book series).
- Recommendation
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Happy Reading in the Morning, 2014, Recommended book for Adolescents
- Selection
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Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, 2014, Sejong Books for Liberal Arts
