백남운의 보편사관과 조선학- 문화사적 맥락의 역설을 중심으로

Abstract

This Essay aims to reinterpret Baek Nam Hun(BNH)'s Universal Conception of History(UCH) in context of cultural history. Chosun had accepted the Western modernity(WM) through Japan. This WM would be 'Japanized Modernity'(JM) partially, and the latter was not unrelated to ‘Japanese Orientalism’(JO). Therefore, in the Process of Modernity-acception, Chosun was contaminated with JM or WM itself and accepted even 'Chosun's Staganation' (CS) as a product of JO(GaeJoron in 1920s), or overestimated the chosun's Past and Culture(excess nationalism; ChosunHak Undong in 1930s). However Both was the same paradox that their study setted out Problems of Chosun but resulted in absence or insufficnency of Chosun understanding. Therefore the Possibility of ChosunHak in process of Modernity-acception could be located in the place that Chosun secured the distance to JM or WM itself and escaped even the 'excess nationalism'. In this point, BNH was very Important Person in the History of ChosunHak. even though he setted out the critique against CS like ChosunHak Undong in 1930s, he showed the possibility of escapeng the 'excess nationalism' and overcoming the Japan's Colonialism Ideology relied upon Marxism UCM. But he revealed the problem that was ignored or could not be explained the speciality of Chosun by the eliminating the difference of Chosun and Japan, even though he succeded in Periodic task of overcoming the Japan's Colonialism Ideology. In the post-liberation, he stressed the speciality of Chosun and was making progress toward the possibility of ChosunHak, but reduced that possibility through reintroducing the UCM. Therefore his 'scientific Chosun understanding' succeeded in securing science only, but did not succeeded sufficiently in Chosun understanding. This fact meaned that he was a paradox that his study setted out Problems of Chosun but resulted in absence or insufficnency of Chosun understanding. This paradox could not explained perfectly, but could be partially the result of desire for Western Universality or modernism. Whether this view is accepted or not, it can not denied that he did not succeeded in securing the distance to JM or WM itself. I think that this problem provides a very important lesson constantly.