순천만국가정원의 생태미학적 고찰

Abstract

The philosophical investigation on the inherent identity of Suncheon Bay National Garden (SBNG) should be centered on the pursuit of ecological life. This pursuit is the reason for the establishment of SBNG. According to G. Böhme, the value of ecological life can reveal its significance when it comes to ecoaesthetic views. The ecoaesthetic perspective refers to the view that humans experience and see nature, feeling through their bodies the fact that humans are supposed to live in nature and with nature. The reason why this view is necessary is that the ecological life often changes into a life that depends on the results of natural sciences, contrary to the original intention. In summary, the philosophical investigation on the inherent identity of SBNG should be done, based upon the ecoaesthetic viewpoint. In this context, the core of the inherent identity of SBNG is as follows: The inherent identity of SBNG is primarily validated through the asymmetric coexistence of the Suncheon Lake Garden and the world gardens around it. The nature that we experience in SBNG is to unfold in front of us like landscapes (like nature in the English gardens spoken by Böhme). The natural beauty in SBNG is not the beauty that can be only experienced by a specific person, but the one that opens up to anyone who visits there. More important, however, the inherent identity of SBNG can be fundamentally revealed when the area of SBNG extends to Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve. It can be sure via Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve that SBNG is entitled to be called the space where people living around Suncheon Bay ecoaesthetically feel and see nature every day. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately understand the relation between SBNG and Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve in a discourse of humanities on SBNG. Otherwise, it could be a factor inadvertently undermining the inherent identity of the SBNG or the existence of the SBNG in itself.