일진회의 '보호통치' 인식과 '합방'의 논리 = Iljin-hwe's view of the Protectorate ruling and their logic to promote Annexation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Iljin-hwe was organized by an alliance between the remaining Dong'hak members who were never part of the mainstream Korean society, and the Jung'in("middle class") members who once belonged to the late Independence Society('Dokrib Hyeob'hwe'). In order to overcome their own political and societal limitations, they engaged themselves in certain pro-Japanese activities since the early days of the Iljin-hwe's formation, and with the Japanese authorities' support they became a prominent political faction when the protectorate ruling began.
Yet the Japanese authorities' strategy of a protectorate ruling was aimed at managing the Korean society as stable as possible, in order to reduce the overall cost of the impending annexation. To do that they had to garner the support of the Yangban ruling class and maintain the existing ruling structure inside Joseon, instead of only utilizing the Iljin-hwe organization which was never part of the social majority and also a body that symbolized conflicts.
So, Iljin-hwe came to find itself in sort of a dilemma. They had established their political footing by assuming a pro-Japanee stance, yet before fully consolidating such position they were finding themselves getting increasingly isolated inside the Korean society. In order to escape the protectorate ruling phase which would not allow the Iljin-hwe members to gain stronger political influence, they allied themselves with the mainland personnel and the military, and started to promote the invitation to annexation.
As their movement to support annexation was born out of their need to escape isolation, their logic of promoting annexation also emphasized the 'distrustful nature' of the Korean society and 'negative prospects' of the Koreans' capability to stand on their own. Iljin-hwe promoted their ultimate objective as 'protecting the lives and properties of the people,' yet they also believed that they would have to teach, enlighten and civilize the people. And when such people showed a hostile attitude toward them, they started to argue that it was an impossible task to enlighten the Korean people and therefore the Korean people could never possibly establish their own national state. They claimed they were being isolated within the Korean society as the Korean society itself was incompetent and very much dependent. They were condemning the Korean people for not having a backbone. To them, the foundation of a national state only meant a state with themselves placed in power. When that became rather impossible, they came to argue that Korea's incorporation into the Japanese empire was the ultimate elevation to a modernized state.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 서론
• 1. 이토 히로부미(伊藤博文)의 '보호통치' 구상과 정국운영전략
• 2. 일진회의 '보호통치' 인식과 '합방론'의 제기
• 3. '합방론'의 논리와 인민인식
• 결론
• 참고문헌
• 〈Abstract〉

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