Han's suggestion
Han's short response[size=12px]I am sympathetic to the question raised by LiYao since it touches exactly the problem that I have considered to be important in exploring what sociologists should do today, particularly in East Asia.
Perhaps, we are not yet fully prepared to see how deeply a new development (often described
as post-modern, late modern, risk society or globalization) affects our lives. Furthermroe, as LiYao correctly pointed out, we are given a double-edged task of comprehending the major problems
arising from modernization AND globalization as two interrelated, yet very different phases of
structural change.
I guess it poses far greater challenges to sociologists in East Asia than in the West since we
confront these two processes at the same time. It is why I emphasize that it is not enough to
understand the Western social theory as it stands today, but that it must be brought into
contact with the reality of East Asian developments.
I see significant difference between modernizing world and globalizing world. China and Korea are not so different in this respect since both must respond to these great challenges at the same
time.
We should continue to talk about these sorts of subject in the class.[/size]
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