ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in this book. The book examines the characteristics, historical unfolding, and genealogy of the discourse of seonjinguk, which has provided a dominant worldview to Korean society during its developmental era. The discourse of seonjinguk presents the national goal and vision for Korea, and designates the direction of national change. It is undeniable that the discourse of seonjinguk has historically contributed to Korea's rapid economic development and the improvement of people's living standards to some degree. The discourse of seonjinguk reflects Korea's lack of self-respect. Korea needs to recover a sense of self-respect for its own modernity. Korea's level of self-respect may not reach that of Bob Dylan. If Korea, a country having achieved unprecedented economic development with the world's strongest developmentalism and national development project, can succeed in making a "human-centered" society, it would be able to provide a new development model to the world.
