근대 유교지식인의 평화사상과 현실적 구현: 위정척사파의 철학사상을 중심으로

Abstract

Based on the Neo-Confucianism ideology, the ‘Wijeongcheoksapa’ carried out a strong Wijeongcheoksa movement. Through this, they showed a typical example of intellectuals acting in difficult times. Of course, the limitations of their conservatism, exclusivity which failed to effectively cope with the rapidly changing international situation, and advocacy of class order, do not require reconsideration. However, it is necessary to take a new approach in terms of protecting human universal values and further longing for peace against forces that threaten peace with the logic of power. Based on the values that value ‘Li’, the Wijeongchuksapa developed the Wijeongcheoksa ideas of excluding heterodoxy and revere the China and expel the foreigners about the Western powers and Japan's armed provocations and aggression. They emphasized the inward preparation and outward defense as the methodology of the Wijeongchuksa. On the one hand, while undergoing a paradigm shift of modernity, they presented the theory of Oriental peace that appealed for incorporation and solidarity within the world order, or launched a righteous army uprising against the Japanese colonial invasion. Such efforts for peace of the Wijeongchoksapa have been transformed and converted according to the passage of the times, showing the aspect of not giving up individuals and communities as moral subjects.