한중일 삼국 근대불교의 민족의식에 대한 비교연구

Abstract

This treatise is to compare and study the national consciousness of modern Buddhism centered on three countries Korea, China and Japan. While these three countries reluctantly accept the western science civilization in the modern era, they were forced to disassemble the feudal system internally and embrace the anti-imperialism externally. In that spirit, the topic of discussion is made on how three countries had formed the national consciousness in pursuit of establishing the nation state. The focal point is how Buddhism had responded to this procedure. The main subject discusses the followings : First, the reason why attention was drawn to the traditional Buddhism in the course of forming the nation state. Second, the national awakening that is unfolded by recognizing the tradition of Buddhism. Third, the stance that Buddhism had taken regarding the Social Darwinism that had supported this in the midst of capitalist invasion and the revelation of the national consciousness. While Buddhism in three countries where the understructure was sustained during the formation of the national consciousness, Japan made the participation voluntarily in the course of transforming to the nationalism after going through oppression of Buddhist Monks in modern period. Korea was almost forced to hold itself responsible for formation of the confrontational national consciousness during colonial status. As for China, Buddhist nationalism was formed through reinterpretation of Buddhism by the elites on the formation of the nation state. The course they took for modernization was all different; however, regional gap can be found in light of rediscovery of Buddhism that had to assume responsibility for the assignments called by the modern period.