과거청산에 대한 이론적 탐구 - 이해와 치유의 (불)가능성을 중심으로

Abstract

The Korean term “liquidation of the past” is itself a symptom of historical trauma. It requires clarification and theoretical grounding at a more fundamental level. Judicial judgments about the past, trying to get rid of the ghosts of the past, are supposed to clearly judge the truth and the lie, but the truth is still gray, and the position of the victim and the perpetrator is always relative. Therefore, the historical judgment is requested. Historians do not immediately determine the facts of the past as truth, but rather wander between facts and facts, discovering the strata of meaning buried in the gap. Understanding and healing the deep pain created by modern Korean history is not small task. The crime of the perpetrator and the suffering of the victim generally intersect at the limit of understanding, and both sides suffer from a fragmentation of memory. Complete recovery from the painful past is nearly impossible.<BR>One narrow passage to access historical truth is the contradictory and divided memories. Trauma is a wounded memory that is not neatly eliminated or tamed, but is repeatedly summoned to a place of endless questioning and reflection. Representing trauma unreified requires a future-oriented strategy based on historical judgment. “Historical representation” as a “political representation” is not just designed to neatly arrange human experiences, but to revitalize unrealized dreams and to open up the possibilities for the future. In particular, rediscovering the “human rights” of minorities as a repository of political imagination beyond the confines of nation-state is a way to respond to the voices of the deceased and to the historical truth.