세계화ㆍ정보화시대 동아시아 전통가치의 계승과 변용：유교와 자유주의를 중심으로

Abstract

If the so-called ‘globalization' phenomenon is a mainstream unavoidable, we need to explore 'an alternative globalization' surmounting its negative effects. The purpose of this study is to review the East Asian traditions or Confucian values and political thoughts in comparison with the Western liberalism and thereby, explore the ways to combine Confucianism and democracy and determine the relationship between them and 'alternative globalization'. To this end, the second chapter reviews why 'the alternative globalization⋅information society' requires that the values of the East Asian tradition related with the virtue of 'benevolence' should be inherited and transformed. In the third chapter, the researcher discusses that without any artificial efforts, the concepts of liberalism are much likely to be established as core values for ’globalization' due to its strong trend and, thereupon, compares them with the Confucian virtue 'benevolence, In(仁)'. In the fourth chapter, the concept of citizens supporting the concepts of liberalism are reviewed in comparison with the concept of Confucianism or 'benevolence' supported by ‘Gunja(君子)' or virtuous person. Based on the discussions in chapter 3 and 4, the researcher argues in the fifth chapter that if we live in an age of 'alternative globalization and information society' and if democracy still remains the universal political system, 'Confucian democracy' would conform more to universal values and ideal political system than 'liberal democracy'