한국사회의 공동체정신 비교 분석

A Comparative Study on the Community Spirit of Korean Society: Focusing on Hyangyak, Dure and Saemaul Spirit

As a way to overcome poverty, the international community pays a great deal of attention to Korea’s development experiences, especially Saemaul Undong. Korea is actually being required to share its experience of Saemaul Undong for the development of developing countries. To meet such needs, it is necessary to understand not only Saemaul Undong but the spirit of Saemaul Undong as its practical concept. It is because researching the spirit of Saemaul Undong is necessary, and drawing the characteristics of Saemaul Undong based on the research results is important most of all. Therefore, this study comparatively analyzed the traditional spirit of the Korean society and the analysis of the spirit of Saemaul Undong through literature reviews and empirical analyses on the base of the viewpoint of social integration theory out of all the social theories that analyze social phenomena. Besides, by comparing similarities and differences between these two kinds of spirits, this study drew the characteristics of Saemaul Undong, while providing implications for sharing of development experiences of Korea with the international community.