Ch’oe Namson at the Height of Japanese Imperialism
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Many have thought that Ch’oe Namson (1890-1957), a prominent Korean intellectual in the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), betrayed his nation because he worked for the Japanese-led Korean History Compilation Committee from 1928 and even urged Korean students to join the Japanese army in 1943. A careful study of his writings reveals that he continued his attempt to elevate Korea’s position, based on his Social Darwinist understanding of the imperialist world. In the 1920s, he focused on clarifying indigenous religious traditions in Korea and surrounding nations in order to portray Korea as the center of the northeast Asian cultural sphere. Later, he supported Japanese aggression on north and northeast China with the hope that Koreans may gain access to that vast region.
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Many have thought that Ch’oe Namson (1890-1957), a prominent Korean intellectual in the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), betrayed his nation because he worked for the Japanese-led Korean History Compilation Committee from 1928 and even urged Korean students to join the Japanese army in 1943. A careful study of his writings reveals that he continued his attempt to elevate Korea’s position, based on his Social Darwinist understanding of the imperialist world. In the 1920s, he focused on clarifying indigenous religious traditions in Korea and surrounding nations in order to portray Korea as the center of the northeast Asian cultural sphere. Later, he supported Japanese aggression on north and northeast China with the hope that Koreans may gain access to that vast region.