내셔널리즘 비판의 맥락에서 본 한일 지식인의 교류

Abstract

This paper examines the exchange of intellectuals between Korea and Japan from the late 1990s to the 2000s, focusing on the criticism of nationalism or post-nationalism. Criticism of nationalism, which was actively raised in Korea around 2000, was based on globalization or postmodernism theory. And this criticism became more active when Japan's 『New History Textbook』 passed the official approval in 1997. Active self-criticism of Korean nationalism is triggered as Korean historians argue that criticizing Japan's nationalist history and criticizing Korea's national history and textbooks are overlapping. This is also influenced by Jie-Hyun Lim, who wrote 『Nationalism is treason』 and criticized nationalism early on. Later, through the magazine 『Dangdaebipyeong』, he actively introduced criticism of nationalism in Japan, and by launching the <East Asian Historical Forum for Criticism and Solidarity> he began full-fledged academic exchange between Japanese and Korean intellectuals to criticize nationalism. This paper analyzes the discussions on the critique of nationalism between Korea and Japan through he pages of the journal and academic exchanges, and examines how the exchanges of intellectuals at the time, criticizing nationalism, formed a complex relationship with their own national identity.