儒敎在韓國現代政治中的意義 = The Significance of Confucianism in Korean Modern Politics

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This article will focus on the relationship between the unique forms of Confucianism and (democratic) politics and will focus on analyzing the significance of Confucianism in contemporary Korean politics. In the context of cultural pluralism, the role that Confucianism can play in the process of Korean democracy is different from attempts to introduce ideal state theory in Confucian metaphysics (mind, nature, and heaven). How does China's ideal state theory evaluate Korea's modern politics? First, in order to examine the position of Confucianism in Korean politics, this article divides the relationship between Confucianism and Korean politics into three stages. It is to analyze the meaning of Confucianism in each of the three stages of political morality, political culture, and political virtue. Second, this article clarifies how the status of Confucianism has changed in Korean politics by comparing the characteristics of Confucianism and democratic politics. In particular, the author intends to emphasize moral and political integrationism and pragmatic usabilityism by using important formal features. Finally, the author emphasizes that when reflecting the relationship between Confucianism and political order, the social background of value pluralism or cultural pluralism should be considered first.