Recognition of Silhak as Thought of Social Reform and Participatory Governance of Urban and Regional Development in Modern Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether and how much the Silhak school contributes toward achieving participatory governance. With respect to a learning of social practice, the main questions addressed in this paper are twofold. First, can the intellectual movement of Silhak deal with issues of participatory governance? Second, what are its planning and social implications? We found that Silhak could present solutions to difficulties Korean society is faced with, even today. Silhak scholars of the 18th and 19th century prepared the groundwork for political revolution by the Korean people, carried out practical research on industries, and created a new trend of literature appealing to the ordinary people. Such revolution, openness and practicality are still needed today, and we have to learn to adopt the iedas and wise vision of that period. This means that Silhak has found its way into the lives and minds of people, and is not merely an ideology shelved in libraries. Silhak, living and breathing in our daily lives - this is indeed a valuable wisdom that the Silhak scholars have passed on to us. All irrational elements in social life derived from the feudal caste system and overrode human rights, life and property. We also argue that the implication of Silhak scholar's way of thinking and their proposal is not limited to the Yi dynasty or Korean intellectual history, but can be extended to many areas of philosophy, metaphysics, social policy and even urban and regional planning in the East and the West. In this sense, we believe that Silhak be an important school of cfross-cultural significance.

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