일본제국의 한국지배와 근대적 한국상의 창출-대한협회를 중심으로- = Japan's Imperialistic Rule of Korea and the Formation of Modern Image of Korea--With Focus on Daehan hyuphoe

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

With the victory in the Russo-Japanese War, modern Japan accelerated its pace for the construction of an empire. Japan's pace for colonizing Korea caused a great deal of anxieties and discussions in Korean society. This article, in particular, focuses on the formation of contradicting images of Korean society after the Russo-Japanese War.
The first of such images was built by Japanese, who attempted to define Korea as a society to be colonized. The second image was built by a large group of Korean intellectuals who accepted Western/Japanese discourse on the superiority of Western/Japanese civilization. This group emphasized the need for self-strengthening through the embrace of civilization from Japan. The third can be called an image of self-reliance and independence for emphasizing Korean potentials for independence.
These three groups were both interconnected and contradicting. First of all, Japan's image of Korea was in accordance with the image by the civilization group in that both emphasized Korea's backwardness, ignorance and corruption. It should be noted that the civilization group embraced a large part of Japanese excuses for colonizing Korea.
In contrast, Shin Chae-Ho tried to negate Japanese explanations. He denied Japan's argument for Korea's lack of independent spirits and government corrupts by giving highest value to national independence. In short, Shin's indulgence into historical study was an attempt to overcome Japanese argument for colonizing Korea. In this way, the period after the Russo-Japanese War witnessed critical clashes in views on Korea's past, present and future, with deep political implication over Japan's colonization of Korea.