해방공간(1945-1948) ‘조선적 맑스주의자’ 백남운의 ‘연합성 신민주주의론’과 자유주의

Abstract

'Post-emancipation situation' (1945-1948) was a special period in our national history. Just as Korea was emancipated from Japan, the US and Soviet forces advanced each into southern and northern part of the Korean peninsula. Thus, 'Korea was emancipated from Japan' but 'had still to be liberated from foreign forces'. During this period, Baek Nam-woon was active in propagating his socialism ideology in the region occupied by the US forces or South Korea. This study reviews his 'Confederative New Democracy' theory suggested as nation's liberation, focusing on his perception of 'liberalism' and 'communism'. In a nutshell, he argued that neither American liberalism nor Soviet communism did not befit the post-emancipation situation requiring 'nation's liberation' again and therefore, that a new Korea should have 'a form of government with national capitalists and proletariats bound with each other', and furthermore, that a new Korean government should revive 'history, culture and ethics of Chosun' in a democratic way. His ideological tendency called 'Chosun Marxist' during the Japanese colonial rule was maintained still in the space of our post-emancipation.