Making of A Korean Patriot : Yu Kil-chun in America

• 영문명: Making of A Korean Patriot : Yu Kil-chun in America
• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: Sung Ho Kim Whi Chang
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제37집 1호, 95~130쪽, 전체 36쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.05.30

영문 초록

  The purpose of this article is to elucidate the influence that the fin-desi？cle American version of reform social Darwinism had on the thought of Yu Kil-chun (1856-1914), a prominent reformist thinker and statesman in late Chosun dynasty. We argue that Yu"s unique combination of evolutionism and statism cannot be properly accounted for apart from his education in America, although brief, during the decade when laissezfaire, conservative Darwinism was being rapidly displaced by the reform social Darwinism. We also argue that this American influence had an enduring impact on Yu"s thought as one can see in his civic educational projects of his later years, which were unmistakably reflective of a distinctively American symbiosis of self-reliant bourgeoisie and public spirited citizenship.

키워드

Yu Kil-chun Social Darwinism reform social Darwinism the Korean enlightenment period civic education American Republicanism