역사 해석에서 외부성과 우연성 : 대동법과 대청관계

Abstract

When we try to understand social reforms and changes, we often reach the limit because of research methodology, which are based on internal point of view for a societies or states. It’s because big social reforms are usually connected with environment changes of outside society. At the same time, externalities, which provokes social changes, are frequently connected with coincidences. So far, when we explain the Daedongbeop, which was the great financial reform in Chosun dynasty, the externality and the coincidence were not considered, and even excluded. Excluding the externality and the coincidence, our historiography was got incomplete. Due to this exclusive view, our historiography used excessively to depend on structuralist approaches. In result, as we could expect, the result of the explanations were much simpler than real history. Considering the geopolitical factors of Korea, that result was inevitable. Money, informations, even culture frequently cross the frontier. The boundary between inside and outside is becoming faint.