후기 정재학파의 사상적 전회의 맥락―이상룡과 유인식의 경우를 중심으로

Abstract

In the history of late Chosun politics, Youngnam school was an outsider in most of time. However, on the other hand, through an resolute ideological revolution beginning the 20th century colonial period, the one who opened a new practical tradition of Confucianism called a ‘progressive Confucian’ was just descendants of Youngnam school. In this aspect, appropriate sight for them needs the balanced approach for both side. The ideological revolution procedure of late Jeongjae school centering around Lee Sang-ryong and Ryu In-sik is an important data to discuss such change in Youngnam school. The focus that they went ahead with the ideological revolution is a transformation from a faithful Neo-Confucianist to a Confucian reformer, and both point composing the conversion was ‘protection of the spiritual enlightenment’ and ‘racial conservation’. They moved the axis of ideological interest from ‘the spiritual enlightenment’ to ‘the race’ based on the theory of social evolution that was popular thought in that time. Such change of late Jeongjae school means the conversion to utilitarianism value that was an escape from dichotomic value of Neo-Confucianism about ‘the spiritual enlightenment’ and ‘heterodoxy’ and is unrelated to even ‘the West’ if it is helpful in racial ability enhancement. The discussion about the reformation of Confucianism found from them is the result made by movement of such interest.