국학파의 ‘조선학’ 논리구성과 그 변모양상

Abstract

Kukhakpa(國學派) is the term for a group of people who realized their own national culture and made an active statement of the significance of it as a part of the independence movement during Japanese occupation. Park Eun-sik, Shin Chae-ho, Choi Nam-seon, An Ja-san, Jeong In-bo, Mun Il-pyeong were the advocates of the group. They made every effort to restore the unique national spirit in the past Korean history, which is frequently known as Joseonsim(Joseon Mind) or Joseoneol(Joseon Spirit). There exist both positive and negative evaluation towards them. They have been affirmatively evaluated as a movement against the liquidation of Korean national culture by Japan and criticized as nationali! sm, spiritual view of history and idealism. However Kukhakpa's concrete activities were developed with quite a few fluctuation according to people and periods. There are three periods. The first period is since 1905, when Joseon degraded as a semi-colony of Japan. Dehanjaganghwe was organized with slogans of strengthening of education, increasing national power, solidifying the base of independence in March 1st, 1906. In the second period, Choi Nam-seon issued a weekly magazine called Dongmyeong in July, 1922 after his imprisonment due to independence movement. In the third period, the plan of publication of Yeoyudangjeonseo to celebrate Dasan Jeong Yak-yong's 99th anniversary in September, 1934. The advocates are Park Eun-sik,! Shin Chae-ho for the first period, Choi Nam-seon, An Ja-san for the second period and Jeong In-bo, An Jae-hong, Mun Il-pyeong for the third period. They attempted to cope with academic responsibility as people of colony through logical constitution of Joseon studies of their own time. The Joseon studies' aspects of change should be considered in relation to the spirit of the time. First I closely examined where Joseon spirit, key logic of the first period originated, what kind of implication Dangun, special interest in the second period has, and what the internal motive of the development of Joseon studies that was centered on Dasan Jeong Yak-yong's Silhak, Practical Science was. In conclusion, the independence of the national country, and the establishment of modern nation were Kukhakpa's two most challenges. Their intense academic lives and the challenges of the time were not much different from those of what we face today.