New Understanding of March 1st Independence Movement in View of World Peace : Focused on the March 1st Independence Movement, Women’s, peace
본 논문은 일제강점기 거국적인 민족운동으로 전개된 3·1운동과 여성독립운동을 세계평화의 시각에 대입하는 데 초점을 두고 있다. 일본 에 의해 국권을 상실했던 시기의 거국적인 민족운동으로 전개된 3.1운 동은 세계사적 관점에서 보면, 평화운동의 일환이었다. 특히 3·1운동은 민중운동으로서 계층과 지역, 성별의 구분을 넘어선 독립운동이었으며, 그 시대 독립운동이 지향한 독립과 자유에 대해 평화적 견지에서 재해석할 필요가 있다. 첫째, 그 시대가 당면했던 독립의 과제는 시대적·민족적 견지에서의 독립이었으며, 평화운동의 일환이었다. 둘째, 3·1운동에 참여한 여성은 주체의지로 독립운동의 참여자, 실천자로 변화했으며, 독립운동사 에서 한 주류로 한국여성독립운동의 맥락을 이어갔다. 셋째, 3·1운동은 국내는 물론 중국, 일본, 러시아, 유럽, 미주 등으로 확산되면서 아시아 약소국이 자유 의지를 발휘하는 데 영향을 주었고, 국내에서는 독립운동의 정신적 저력이 되었다. 이상에서 3·1운동은 세계평화의 관점에서 재인식되어야 하며, 3·1운동과 한국여성독립운동이 평화운동으로 주목받아야 할 것이 다.
This study is focused on viewing the March 1st Movement, a national movement uprisen nationwide during the Japanese occupation period, and women’s independence movement from an angle of worldpeace. The March 1st Movement was held nationwide when our national sovereignty was lost, and it can be defined as a form of peace movement in view of world history. Particularly, the March 1st Movement was the people’s independence movement without distinction of class, region and sex. The direction of national independence and freedom implied in the independence movement during that time period needs to be interpreted newly in view of world peace. Firstly, the urgent task to complete during that period was to accomplish independence in view of the times and the national people, and it was a form of peace movement. Secondly, the women who participated in the March 1st Movement changed into spontaneous participants or activists for the national independence movement and, thereafter, continued a history of women’s independence movement of Korea. Lastly, the March 1st Movement became widespread domestically and to foreign countries such as China, Japan, Russia, Europe and America, so that its spirit of freedom and peace appealed to the weak countries in Asia. Furthermore, it worked as a spiritual support for the independence movement of Korea. As mentioned above, the March 1st Movement needs to be newly understood in view of world peace, and, out of that movement, Korean women’s independence movement deserves a highlight as a peace movement stream in the world history of women.