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Namchul Shin(1907～1957?) is one of the representative philosopher adopted and developed marxist philosophy before and after freedom from Japanese Colonization of Korean Peninsular. He had pursued national liberation movements through a materialistic philosophy of history based on marxism. Adopting the Marxist philosophy, he tried to interpreting and transfoming subjectively in light of the Korean Situation. Namchul Shin's ‘bodily epistemology’ are well illustrated in. According to him, the unification of the theory and practice is based in the body of the human being. The unification of theory and practice is established in bodily act realizing this historical reality of a paradox keenly and throwing himself to overcome the contradiction of reality. The human historical practice is ‘bodily acknowledgement', namely ‘an act of pathos’ to throw ‘body’ through ‘bodily knowing’. Even though accepted the Marxist theory of epistemology, Namchul Shin's ‘bodily epistemology’ was trying to transform it and standing out the vividly human life with the skin and bones. In the root of his philosophical thinking, the worries and conflicts are inherent How reconciliate the universality and particularity, Western thought and Eastern thought. This agony in his philosophical thought has led him to the criticism of history of Western philosophy, criticism of Existential Philosophy and Phenomenology, criticism of Japanese-Orientalism, establishing of methodology of Korean Study and critical Korean Study and Bodily Epistemology. Eventually, these philosophical attempts of Namchul Shin are process of attempting Korean Transformation of Marxism. Herefrom his intentions establishing subjective Korean Philosophy based on Marxist philosophy are well revealed.