Social Consciousness in Thai Poetry in the Modern World

Abstract

The objective of this research is to studysocial consciousness in Thai poetry during the globalization era, focusing on works of modern poets. Considered as a testimony of the modern era, the modern poets’ works interrelate with the context of the modern world.

The result of this study indicated that modern Thai poets possessed the sense of social consciousness of the globalized period, and this trend corresponds with the ideas ofthinkers who are awakened to social and individual problems, as well as the conflicts in Thai society. The key issuesinclude: i) an increase in economic values and negligence of social and cultural values; ii) conservation and preservation of spiritual values among the fluctuations of consumerism; iii) social consciousness of poets dealing with the conflicts in contemporary Thai society.