‘자발적 고립’이라는 사회병리학적 현상의 의미 - 영화 〈혼자사는 사람들(2021)〉을 중심으로

Abstract

In modern society, the etiology and pathology of diseases are often proven through social factors. In modern society, the etiology and pathology of diseases are often proven through social factors. This study attempts an exploratory approach to examine the causes of social pathology by examining the relationship between social structure and individual psychological responses through the movie <Alones>. ‘Jina’ in <Alones> isolates herself from society.'Jina', an employee of a card company's call center, does not communicate with others. Her attitude of isolating herself from society is a way of survival to minimize the emotional consumption that is inevitably induced in relationships with others. Her method is to voluntarily isolate herself from others by “controlling herself thoroughly to protect herself.” The source of voluntary isolation chosen by ‘Jina’ is loneliness. In other words, this is “a maladaptive experience that occurs unconsciously” and “a feeling of loss, boredom, and social exclusion that appears in an individual when the desired social network is missing or collapsed”. The way 'Jina' lives and the psychological reaction she shows makes us guess what kind of life the majority of our society is now and where the source of numerous absurdities in human relationships lies. The value of <Alones> is to awaken the fact that the loneliness and behaviors experienced by marginalized individuals in society originate from the social structure, and to induce them to approach it from the point of view of social diseases.