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Donghak Thought from an Ecological Citizen Perspective
Korean Studies Quarterly / Korean Studies Quarterly, (P)2671-8197; (E)2733-936X
2023, v.46 no.3, pp.359-394
https://doi.org/10.25024/ksq.46.3.202309.359
Lee,
N.
(2023). Donghak Thought from an Ecological Citizen Perspective. , 46(3), 359-394, https://doi.org/10.25024/ksq.46.3.202309.359
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Abstract
Due to the political and social problems caused by climate change, the ecological wisdom of a pre-capitalist society is required along with a new awareness of citizenship. Accordingly, it is necessary to pay attention to the traditions and roots of an ecological Korean citizenship. Korea’s traditional ideas and practices were ecological, especially Donghak thought. In Donghak, human beings are like Heaven(God), and Donghak showed citizenship by preaching the equality of human beings. It represented a way of thinking that was ahead of its time, in which women and children were respected. In the relationship with living things, Donghak stood for a homogeneous relationship that is mutually beneficial, and a mutually heterogeneous relationship of “eat and to be eaten” where both are God. Through this, it emphasized that the relationship between humans and living things is one of mutual help and solidarity. It not only differed from Confucianism, but also exceeded the limits of Western ecology by saying that we should respect not only living things, but also inanimate objects such as the land like our parents. These roots and traditions of ecological Korean citizenship need to be re-discovered and studied in the current era, where countries are re-examining traditional ecological ideas.
- keywords
- Donghak, ecological citizenship, ecological citizen, mutual aid, to respect things, Korean indigenous religion, 동학, 생태시민, 생태시민성, 상호부조, 이천식천, 경물
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