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근대 일본이 청일, 러일전쟁을 거치면서 식민지를 확대해감에 따라 그를 뒷받침할 학지로서의 식민정책학도 서서히 형성되어 갔다. 이 식민정책학에 대해서는 기존에 식민정책학자들을 중심으로 연구가 진행되어 왔으나,1) 본고의 관심은 학자가 아닌 실제 식민지 관료로서의 경험을 가진이의 식민정책론은 과연 어떠했을까 하는 것에 있다. 이런 문제의식에 의거한 전고2)에 이어 본고에서는 모치지 로쿠사부로(持地六三郞, 1867-1923)를 다루고자 한다.
Mochiji Rokusaburo, an elite graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, served as a senior official both in the Taiwan Government-General from 1900 to 1910 and in the Korean Government-General from 1912 to 1920. This paper is about the colonial recognition and the theory of colonial policy of Mochiji based on his experience of colonial officials. Mochiji attributed the purpose of colony to the economic benefit and derived the practical policies in the light of that purpose. He opposed the assimilation policy which focused on teaching ‘Japanese’ in Taiwan education, but rather laid stress on the acquisition of scientific knowledge and practical training. In addition, the civil engineering works in Korea were actively carried forward since they are very significant in constructing the infrastructure to generate economic benefits from the colony. Anti-assimilation, one of the main features of his theory of colonial policy, was extended to the principle of self-government, in the face of the Korean Independence Movement. Mochiji asserted that granting much more ideological freedom and some rights is required to Chosun people along with the strong suppression as a strategy dealing with Korean Independence Movement. Accordingly, he also insisted that self-government should be introduced with establishment of Choson-Congress as its central momentum. In this theoretical change of thee colonial policy were exerted the historical understanding about colony and prompt grasp of the world current tendency.
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Mochiji Rokusaburo, Colonial Policy, Colonial Officials, Anti-assimilationism, Principle of Self-government
