1920-30년대 새로운 ‘동학농민전쟁상’의 형성 (Formation of a New Perception of the Tonghak Peasant War during the 1920s-30s)

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· 저자명 : 배항섭

초록

This study examines how the historical features of peasant wars changed during the period spanning from the Tonghak Peasants War of 1894 to the 1920s-1930s. Peasant wars are currently perceived as having been a modern national movement that was anti-feudalistic and anti- foreign encroachment in nature. This particular perception contrasts greatly from that of the past. This is evidenced by the fact that not only was Ch´oe Cheu, the leader of the Tonghak peasants, executed for the crime of hokse mumin chwado nanjŏng (惑世誣民 左道亂正, deluding the world and deceiving the people, disturbing society with an evil religion), but the government and ruling class at the time defined the peasant soldiers as little more than bandits and marauding hordes.
The current historical perception of peasant wars was formed during the days of the patriotic enlightening movement and the early period of the Japanese colonial era. More to the point, an image of peasant wars which was very similar with that which prevails today was established during the 1920s – 1930s. In this regard, the image of peasant wars that would become a part of the mainstream up to the present was formulated in the 1930s. This perception was in large part motivated by the emergence of socialists engaged in a struggle with the Ch´ŏndogyo who argued that the organizers of peasant wars were in reality using religion as a cover for their social agenda. This notion of “religion as cover” had first been introduced by Friedrich Engels in his work, <The Peasant War in Germany (Der deutsche Bauernkrieg)>. During this process, the ruling class’ perceptions of the Tonghak Peasant War and other peasant wars, which had been defined as the work of bandits and marauding hordes, underwent a significant change. On the other hand, this can also be perceived as the process through which the left and right wing elites sought to gain total control of the autonomous world and perceptions of the public (minjung), and to drag their experiences and awareness into the historical frameworks that they had respectively created. Finally, this can also be regarded as the process through which the identity of the public was suppressed and excluded.

영어초록

This study examines how the historical features of peasant wars changed during the period spanning from the Tonghak Peasants War of 1894 to the 1920s-1930s. Peasant wars are currently perceived as having been a modern national movement that was anti-feudalistic and anti- foreign encroachment in nature. This particular perception contrasts greatly from that of the past. This is evidenced by the fact that not only was Ch´oe Cheu, the leader of the Tonghak peasants, executed for the crime of hokse mumin chwado nanjŏng (惑世誣民 左道亂正, deluding the world and deceiving the people, disturbing society with an evil religion), but the government and ruling class at the time defined the peasant soldiers as little more than bandits and marauding hordes.
The current historical perception of peasant wars was formed during the days of the patriotic enlightening movement and the early period of the Japanese colonial era. More to the point, an image of peasant wars which was very similar with that which prevails today was established during the 1920s – 1930s. In this regard, the image of peasant wars that would become a part of the mainstream up to the present was formulated in the 1930s. This perception was in large part motivated by the emergence of socialists engaged in a struggle with the Ch´ŏndogyo who argued that the organizers of peasant wars were in reality using religion as a cover for their social agenda. This notion of “religion as cover” had first been introduced by Friedrich Engels in his work, <The Peasant War in Germany (Der deutsche Bauernkrieg)>. During this process, the ruling class’ perceptions of the Tonghak Peasant War and other peasant wars, which had been defined as the work of bandits and marauding hordes, underwent a significant change. On the other hand, this can also be perceived as the process through which the left and right wing elites sought to gain total control of the autonomous world and perceptions of the public (minjung), and to drag their experiences and awareness into the historical frameworks that they had respectively created. Finally, this can also be regarded as the process through which the identity of the public was suppressed and excluded.

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