Academic Direction and Recognition of an Intellectual in Postwar Korea and Japan

Abstract

It is created through this report at the same period and comparatively looks back toward L. George Paik (1895-1985) and Shigeru Nanbara (1889-1974) who an intellectual of a representative of the Korea and Japan which played in an active part through the round back, achievements of these two thought before the war from a field of vision. I stand in the situation where they closely resembled in any kind of form and consider to whether they were going to put thought of enlightenment of Western into an educational idea while considering development and the succession of "traditional culture" in the form that how it was to be concreted. L. George Paik (1895 - 1985) achieved "academic prosperity" by planning an academic interchange with the world and considered "pragmatism" to tie it to a race and development of the human to be a key most. A general idea of "pragmatism" in his thought bears fruit to real various systems and reformation. In addition, another central thought of L. George Paik was "a traditional culture". I can gather it up for "pragmatism", "self-determination", three flows of "idealism" when I arrange his character on thought. "The pragmatism" that I emphasized most is connected with realization of "education of utilitarianism" of Westen Europe. "The pragmatism" which he emphasized most is connected with realization of "education of utilitarianism" of John Dewey. On the other hand, Shigeru Nanbara (1889-1974) connects it with Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Immanuel Kant about "a culture" role and gathers it up. Nanbara laid this "culture" in basics idea of education and emphasized "an ethics". And it was "a mission" as an intellectual that they regarded as important as well as "tradition" and "history recognition". They were intellectuals together, and it was a Christian. Academic recognition in them is formed while being affected by Christianity. The core of social cultural contribution by them was logic constitution based on "the history" and "tradition". The times and a difference by the local situation exist between both, but I did a systematization of "culture" based on "tradition", and there is a common point. They rebuilt a nation through scholarships and thoughts and were going to build the new postwar system through educational system reformation. In addition, they achieved a mission of "social service" through education led by a university. It is thought that I was going to let a right "utility" by an intellectual form at the same time they emphasize pragmatism to realize such an intellectual intentioned, and to pursue "utilitarianism".