이어령의 동아시아문화론 읽기 ― 한국문화에서 동아시아 문명으로 ―

Abstract

Lee Eo-ryeong's writing (ecriture) begins with the search for self-identity. This is due to the fact that speech and writing were blocked while attending elementary school at the end of Japanese imperialism. He recalls his childhood, revives his words and writings, and explores his and his nation's identity. We analyze and interpret Japanese culture by comparing Western modernity and Korea and objectifying Japan. Through the repetitive process of identifying and dismantling orientalism that has already been internalized, the possibility of Koreans and Korean culture is found. It can be said that the real spirit of Lee Eo-ryeong is not a literary criticism, but a cultural theory. Through Japanese and Japanese cultural theories, the vitality and dynamism of Koreans materialize the specificity of culture. Also, we think of civilization beyond culture. He uses the things that lie in the memories of his childhood. This is the case with paper, rock-paper-scissors, etc. This can be said to be a process that matches the toys and thinking that Eric Erickson said. For him, childhood mediates the process of overcoming lifelong identity confusion and establishing oneself rather than passing through. He performed very creative and original work with the innocent eyes of children. The East Asian civilization theory he proposed is a topic that will be further expanded today in terms of meaning and culture. The Korean Peninsula's position in the relationship between the three East Asian countries' circular cycles is very important. East Asia is the only complementary culture in the world formed by intersecting maritime and inland civilizations and overlapping letters. Recognizing this again and expanding it anew is an alternative and hope. The theory of East Asian civilization, which has reached the age of its later years, is close to a new geopolitics. It is a meaningful work to critically dismantle the existing classical geopolitics centered on powerful countries and form regionalism. He presented the task of developing this.