- Overview
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What makes men miserable is not feminism! This book introduces the history of manhood in order to better address gender issues.
- Book Intro
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Critic Choi Taeseob presented a new perspective on Korean society with humor and honesty in his works Surplus Society and The Country of the Victimized. His latest book introduces how men are viewed in Korean society and what role they have. Through the lenses of the military draft, the labor force and the IMF crisis, this book takes a close look at how men underwent hardships and during the process, how they also became victimized, in an attempt to better understand the manhood of Koreans. This book details how the ideal portrait of men has changed over different periods, how this portrait prevented the ideal from ever being realized, and how Korean men have responded. In addition, the book looks at how women, who are wrongly accused as the reason for men's failures, tried to understand and overcome their situation. This book is a must-read book for people who want to break free from the patriarchism that has victimized everyone and to learn how to connect with and care about others.
- About the Author
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Choi Taeseob
Choi Taeseob (M) is culture critic and sociology researcher. By submitting articles about games, comics and feminism to the Ddanzi Ilbo, he began living a life as a writer in 2006. He completed a Ph.D program in sociology at SungKongHoe University, and is currently submitting articles to various media outlets, including the Kyunghyang Shinmun. His interest in gender issues in Korea has been one of the major themes in his writing, and he is particularly interested in the hatred for women that young Korean men developed after the 2000s. He has written Surplus Society, The Country of the Victimized, Reasoning at the Edge and How Passion Becomes Labor (co-writer). His latest work, Korea, Men, analyzes manhood in the Korean society.
- Recommendation
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The JoongAng Ilbo, Dec. 7, 2018, Book Section
The Chosun Ilbo, Nov. 3, 2018, Book Section
The Kyunghyang Shinmun, Nov. 2, 2018, \"Book & Life\"
- Selection
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The Hankyoreh Newspaper, Nov. 1, 2018, Book Section
The Hankook Ilbo, Nov. 1, 2018, Book Section
The Munhwa Ilbo, Nov. 2, 2018, Book Section
- Bestseller Rank
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Kyobo Book Centre, 2018, Rank no 1 in Humanities
