<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;">또다시 식민지하에 근대화 혹은 근대성에 대해서 게시판에 논란이 많이 일어나고 있네요. 이전에도 그랬고 참 주기적으로 돌아오는것 같습니다. 역사게시판에 상주하던 많은 분들도 떠난게 보이네요. 안타깝게 생각합니다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;">지난번에 역사 게시판에 쓴 제 글이 생각나서 다시 보던 중 그때 제가 달았던 댓글을 한번 정리해서 올리면 논의의 도움이 좀 될까 싶어서 올려봅니다.</p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;">학계에서도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>아직<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>근대기점<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">' 혹은 '근대화'를</span><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>정하는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>일은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>논쟁적인<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>일이라<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>확실하게<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>정설은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>없습니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">.</span><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>조선후기<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> 17~18</span>세기<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>부터<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>시작해서<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>개항시기<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">, </span>일제시기<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>그리고<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>더<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>후기로<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>나아가<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>박정희<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>시기를<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대화의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>시기로<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>보는등<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>시기로<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>따지면<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>나오는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것만해도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> 10</span>여가지가<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>됩니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">.</span><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>한국학계는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>아직도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>많은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>부분<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>마르크스주의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>유물사관의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>영향력이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>강하기<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>때문에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>아무래도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>정하기가<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>어려운것<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>같기도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>합니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;">서구<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>학계에서는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이미<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>세계사적<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>관점<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> (the World history)</span>에서<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> modernity</span>에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>대해서<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>상상할<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>수<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>없이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>많은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>논의와<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>연구가<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>진행되었고<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>되고<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>있습니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. </span>그런<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>서구의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>틀을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>빌려와서<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>한국<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>식민지<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>경험을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>해석해<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>보는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>식민지<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대화론<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">'(</span>솔직히<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>단어자체가<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>논란을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>불러오는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>같습니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. </span>차라리<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대성이나<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대화로<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이야기하는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>게<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>나을것<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>같네요<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">.)</span>입니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;">아무튼<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>조금<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>더<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>말해보자면<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>식민지<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대론이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>현재<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>한국의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>경제발전을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>식민지시기에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이루어진<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>근대화<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">'</span>때문이다라고<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이용하는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>학자들이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>있습니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. </span>그러나<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>그런<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>학자들이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>대다수라고<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>생각하지는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>않습니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. 또 이 학설자체는 이미 많은 비판을 받고 있는데 그것은 바로 식민지 시대의 근대성을 현대 한국과 어떻게 연결시킬수 있는가 하는 것입니다. 역사 게시판의 많은 분들이 이미 말했다시피 한국전쟁으로 모든것이 초토화 되었고 그 이후 다시 한국의 발전을 이루어냈기때문에 식민지대의 근대화와 한국전쟁 이후 근대화는 전혀 연관성이 없다는 것입니다.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;">현재<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>식민지하 근대성(혹은 근대) 연구에서<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이야기<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>하고자<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>하는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이야기는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>조선인들의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대화에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>대한<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>노력은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>식민지하에서도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>끊이지<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>않고<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이어져<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>왔다는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것입니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. </span>그렇기<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>때문에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>제국주의에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>저항<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">'</span>하는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>한편<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대화를<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>위해<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>협력<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">'</span>도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>했다는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것입니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. 즉 조선사람들이 스스로 근대화를 이루기 위해 일제 억압에 저항도 하고 때로는 협력도 하면서 우리 스스로의 근대화를 이루어 냈다는 것입니다.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">그러나 </span>민족주의의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>시각에서는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>협력<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">'</span>이라는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>교묘하게<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>피해가게<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> 됩니다.</span><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> 협력은 곧 일제에 부역한것이라고 단정하기 때문이죠. </span>왜냐하면<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>민족주의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>사관에서는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>진보적인<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것이라는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>내포하고 있습니다. 그렇기 때문에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>일제가<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>우리<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>역사의<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>발전<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">'</span>을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>막았다는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것입니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. </span>그러나<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이렇게<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>되면<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>모순이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>생기는데<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>바로<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>일제에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>의해<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> '</span>근대성<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">'</span>이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>우리<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>조선에<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이식<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>혹은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>수동적으로<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>주어진<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>되버린<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것입니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. 즉 민족주의 사관에서 부정하고자 하는 식민지 시대의 근대적 발전은 이루어지지 않았다라는 것은 역으로 그 시대에 조선에 일어난 모든 발전상은 조선민족 스스로 이루어낸것이 아니라 일제에 의해 주어졌다고 주장하게 되는 것입니다.</span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;">때문에 식민지하의 modernity 연구는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>식민지하에서도<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>한국인들은<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>직<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">,</span>간접으로<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>근대성을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>추구하며<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>그것을<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>이루어<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>나갔다는<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>것이<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"> </span>요지입니다<span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;">. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"><br></span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;"><br></span></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:'Apple SD Gothic Neo';color:#454545;"><br></p> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:#454545;"><br></p>