How Humanity Faces Loss and Death... 'A History of Consolation'

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We look at how humanity has accepted loss and death from the perspective of civilizational history. We also rethink the issue of school violence, where punishment and stigma are becoming universal.

Reporter Lee Ju-sang introduces some new books worth reading this week.

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[A History of Consolation / Jacques Attali / Initio]

<A History of Consolation> examines how humanity faces loss and death from the perspective of civilizational history.

French scholar Jacques Attali offers insights into the civilizational flow of how humanity has comforted one another during moments requiring consolation in the face of death.

He suggests that comforting someone may essentially be a selfish act aimed at comforting oneself, but the very intention to comfort another can itself provide comfort.

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[Is This School Violence? / Park Eun-sun / Oraebom]

<Is This School Violence?> explores the reality and conflicts among children in classrooms where perpetrators and victims are not as clearly defined as in dramas.

It examines the reality of school violence, where self-resolution is decreasing while administrative trials and lawsuits have surged by 84% over the past two years.

Through 28 real-life cases encountered by the author, a former teacher turned lawyer, the book raises questions about the definition of school violence and whether punishment alone is truly the solution.

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[The Moment Words Seep Into Life / Hwang Seon-yeop / Light Books]

<The Moment Words Seep Into Life> explores language, which serves as both a mirror reflecting human perception and a framework defining it.

Because the body and mind are inseparable, the old Korean word for the heart was also the mind, and in English, "heart" signifies both the physical heart and the mind.

The book examines life through changing words, such as why "yakgwa" (traditional Korean confectionery) came to mean something trivial.

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[I Quit My Job Because I Wanted to Read Books / Kaho Miyake / Dongasia]

<I Quit My Job Because I Wanted to Read Books> pursues the coexistence of work and reading.

Expressing the reality of losing the leisure for reading while going about daily life, the book delves into the origins of books.

It examines how work and books have been connected, from self-help books of Japan's Meiji era to 21st-century occupational dictionaries.

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