『무정』을 통해 본 상품형식과 주체구성의 문제

Abstract

This paper is focused on the ideology and commodity-form as a condition of constructing the modern subject. Firstly, it is examined that the way of searching for the "standard", as a frame of epistemology which is expected to interpretate the new system, modernity, through the questions. Frist form of question is performed as choosing either Youngchae or Seonhyeong, while the second one is asking "who I love?" which means self-referencial form, then the last version is the form of meditation about inner condition, "do I have standard?". Through theses veriation, the question changes a contents to a form itself, that means the question concerntrate on the condition of choice itself. The subject experiences epistemological shock to entre the universal order called modern. In this condition which all norms are missing or destroying, so they cannot distinguish phenomenon, the subject has to face chaos. And the subject requires a new order or epistemological form, to deal with this chaos. Then the principle of equivalence appears. This is not neutral but ideological, which involves reducing the quality to quantity of all values. This ideology is connected with commodity-form in capitalism. Human relationship which is reduced to the exchange form and the money which is reduced to the commodity-form fill the empty form called standard as a form of modern universalty. At last the value of universalty which the subject asked is turned out to be mediated with capitalism. However strong power of capitalism itself has a potential to be overcome. That is about the reason, which is the highest achievement of modernity, and that is represented as a questioning subject and ethical subject in Moojeong.