민족에서 블록으로 －이순탁의 『최근 세계 일주기』의 아시아 인식 전환에 대한 연구

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This paper is a study on the perception of the Asian region as revealed in Lee Soon-tak's 1934 travelogue 『A Recent Round the World』. In his travelogue, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore were added and described in a book in the question and answer 'Then what about us?' after extreme concerns about the changing economic situation in the West, the pound bloc, the gold standard economy, and protectionism. It is a region. During the period of global economic change in the 1930s, various parts of Asia faced a huge change due to Japan's choice of war, and the relationship between Koreans within the Japanese region and Asia also showed many changes. This paper examines how economist Lee Soon-tak accepted this change and changed his perception of Asia through his world travel story. In his travels in Asia, there is deep and consistent agreement and affirmation of Japan's invasion of China and efforts to expand the Southeast Asian market, which were implemented as Japan's economic interests faced a crisis. This manifests itself in the unfamiliar and direct hatred of Chinese people and the avoidance of Chinese nationalism, criticism, and racial prejudice bordering on hatred, which were revealed during the stopover in Shanghai. And, starting in 1932, this is a keynote that is connected to the strong argument for a break with the nationalistic political color of the Korean society in China (Shanghai) and a transformation toward commercialistic and entrepreneurial success. The attitude with which he describes episodes of personal experience in the Southeast Asian region is one of warm friendship, hospitality, and comfortable coexistence. This can be said to be an emotion that places oneself in the sense of connection between Outside of Japan(外地) In addition, the sections on India and Manchuria, which were written at length and in detail even though he did not visit them in person, revealed his impatience over the crisis of losing the Japanese market and his provocative and rhetorical anger over the decision to disapprove of Manchukuo. The recognition and records of the Asian region in Lee Soon-tak's travelogue are a turning point in 1932 created by the change in the perspective of colonial economists who positioned themselves in the expansion of the hegemony of the colonial mother country and the change in “East Asian geopolitics within Japanese hegemony” after the Great Depression. It shows well. This way of thinking about the Asian region is a very heterogeneous disconnect or rift, different from that of the 1920s and from our resistant nationalism after liberation. Records of Asia as a stopover for Europe-bound travellers, including Lee Soon-tak's, have a variety of material values t h at provide a glimpse into the reality of the ‘canyon area where the disconnection occurred.’ This paper examines the Asian region from Lee Soon-tak's travelogue as one of its subjects.

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