수운(최재우)의 불연기연(不然其然) 사상을 통한 장애인관의 코페르니쿠스적 전회(轉回)

Abstract

This study discusses a new perspective on the disabled, based on Choi Suwun’s idea, “Bulyeon-Giyeon (不然其然)”. The method and contents of this study conceptualize the idea of the “Bulyeon-Giyeon (不然其然)” world, and establish a perspective on the disabled based on the idea of “we”. The study examines concepts through Suwun’s idea (“Bulyeon-Giyeon (不然其然)”) that disability is a natural form of human life, and not a special situation caused mainly by the realm of God, by critically approaching the Christian philosophy on the disabled originating from religious viewpoints and which have had a great influence on people’s general perspectives toward the disabled. In addition, based on a material-oriented system and its constancy, the Western view of the disabled has continued to repeat the meaningless and mechanical repetition of the integration and separation of the disabled in the world. In order to change such a Western traditional approach, this research suggests a new perspective, counteracting the point of view of Westerners toward the disabled, and focusing on Lao-tzu’s thinking and a traditional flow of Josen’s Confucianism.