대화의 평화적 구조

Abstract

Dialogue(Communication) is a process in which different standpoints reach a verbal agreement. The process of clarifying the contents of the agreement after the agreement has been made is also within the realm of dialogue in a broad sense. Even if a dialogue does not always lead to a reasonable-agreement or a concrete implementation, dialogue and agreement reduce some conflicts in any way. As much as conflicts decrease, peace shows itself. The agreed points among dialogue participants create an opportunity for reducing conflict and increasing peace. In hopes of the path toward peace, this article looks at what dialogue is and how it contributes to peace. For this purpose, this article borrows the ideas of Martin Bubber, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Jürgen Habermas. Among them, this article applies the Habermas’ main theories – reasonable ‘communication,’ ‘strategy’ for maximizing one’s influence, the ‘life world’ made by communication, and ‘system’ controlled by the strategy - to the process of peaceful dialogue. As socio-political examples of these dialogues(communications), various domestic and international agreements such as the ‘Irish Constitutional Convention’, ‘Geneva Agreed Framework’, ‘7·4 North-South Joint Statement’ and ‘Sunshine Policy’ are reviewed in their respective contexts. To facilitate the ongoing dialogue between the United States and North Korea, and to serve as an intermediary for dialogue between the two countries, this article examines what should South Korea’s approach be, as the proper mediator in the dialogue between the United States and North Korea. Through this, the process and logic of dialogue contributing to peace will be outlined in terms of ‘peaceful structure of dialogue’ as well as ‘dialogical structure of peace’.