천명사상은 열암 박종홍 철학의 토대다. 열암의 정치참여 역시 천명사상과 뗄 수 없는 연관을 지니고 있다. 이 글은 그의 정치참여와 동기와 문제점을 천명사상을 중심으로 고찰하고 있다. 열암의 정치참여는 천명사상을 통해 정당화된 그의 민족국가관의 자연스런 발로였다. 열암이 박정권을 이데올로기적으로 정당화했음에도 불구하고 이를 진리를 추구하는 철학적 실천으로 생각한 것은 바로 천명사상에 기초한 그의 철학관 및 현실관 그리고 민족국가관에 비롯된 것이다. 열암은 천명사상을 통해 민족국가에 범상치 않은 의미를 부여함으로써 박정권을 일개 권력집단이 아니라 민족중흥의 역사적 사명, 즉 천명을 실현하는 민족의 지도 그룹으로 여기고, 박정권이 수행한 모든 정책도 천명으로 이해하였다. 이러한 민족국가관 속에서는 국가권력의 제도적 폭력과 억압에 대한 문제의식이란 애당초 성립할 수 없었다. 열암의 정치참여가 지닌 문제점은 천명사상과 민족국가관의 결합에 포함되어 있는 인식상의 오류 및 실천적 위험성에서 분명하게 드러난다.

The base of Park Jong-Hong,s philosophy is the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. His political participation is deeply related with the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. In this paper, I focussed on the motive and problem of his political participation concerning the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. His political participation is naturally derived from his view of nation-state being justifying by the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. Though he ideologically justified Park Chung-Hee government, he considered it as philosophical praxis which pursued the truth. This is derived from his view of philosophy, reality and nation-state being basing on the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. Park Jong-Hong endowed the nation-state with extraordinary meaning through the authority of Heaven,s Mandate. Thus, he considered Park Chung-Hee government as not a power elite, but national leader group who tried to realize Heaven,s Mandate, historical mission of national restoration. In this view of nation-state, originally there was not critical mind on systematized violence and oppression committed by state power. The problem of his political participation consists in epistemological fallacy and practical risk involved in the combination of his view of nation-state and the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate.

The base of Park Jong-Hong,s philosophy is the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. His political participation is deeply related with the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. In this paper, I focussed on the motive and problem of his political participation concerning the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. His political participation is naturally derived from his view of nation-state being justifying by the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. Though he ideologically justified Park Chung-Hee government, he considered it as philosophical praxis which pursued the truth. This is derived from his view of philosophy, reality and nation-state being basing on the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate. Park Jong-Hong endowed the nation-state with extraordinary meaning through the authority of Heaven,s Mandate. Thus, he considered Park Chung-Hee government as not a power elite, but national leader group who tried to realize Heaven,s Mandate, historical mission of national restoration. In this view of nation-state, originally there was not critical mind on systematized violence and oppression committed by state power. The problem of his political participation consists in epistemological fallacy and practical risk involved in the combination of his view of nation-state and the doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate.

Park Jong-Hong, Doctrine of Heaven,s Mandate, Nation-state