Abstract
1. Retrospect of Political Geographic Studies since Liberation, 1945 : 1) Period from 1945 to mid 1960s : There was not political geography as a science in Korea at the time of liberation from Japan 1945. At that time were not pure political geographers in Korea. In 1947, Moon-Hwa Pyo, economics professor, published a book titled Outline of Korean Geopolitics. This book was a first one in the field of political geography and available at that time in the logical descriptions. Bok-Hyon Choi was a first political geographer who in 1959 wrote a book titled Political geography for the collegians of Seoul National University. Professor Choi introduced American-style political geography through the book above mentioned. In 1963, Kie-Joo Hyong published an article titled "Korean Unification: Possibility from the Geopolitical Viewpoint" which was a first article published by Korean young scholar who studied geography in this country. 2) Period from late 1960s to late 1980s : Both Yoon Cha and Duck-Soon Im published frequently several articles of political geography or geopolitics respectively in 1968-1969. And they issued geopolitical disputes on Korean geopolitical structure and an application of rimland theory to Korean peninsula in 1969 through a magazine named Joung-Kyong Younku (the political and economic researches). The disputes played an important role of showing political geography (or geopolitics) to political sciences especially international political Science. Active researches still continued in 1970s. In that atmosphere the first Korean book of political geography written by a post-liberation scholar (Duck-Soon Im) titled Principles of Political Geography was published in 1973. This book was influenced much by American political geography after Second World War. In 1980s, the researches continued more actively. Especially administrative districts, capital cities, and sub-capital cities were frequently studied during this period. 3) Period from late 1980s to Present: Recent Studies : 1985 was a year of much production of articles of political geography. The first Ph.D thesis of political geography published in the same year in our country. And since 1985 produced many M.A. articles. Several categories of esearches of political geography was made in the period from late 1980s to present. Capital cities, Korean unification, administrative districts, urban politics, elections, sub-capital cities, and defense walls were important research categories. Reviewing the researches from 1945 to present. I found eight categories of political geography in Korea: capital cities, administrative districts, geopolitical structure of Korean peninsula, division and unification of Korea, sub-capital cities, defense walls, elections, and urban politics. Each category includes several scholars respectiveiy. 2. Study Tasks and Prospects in Korean Political Geography: In relation to Korean circumstances there are three study-tasks. The first task of Korean people is unification of two Koreas. Political geographers of Korea must al survey titled Survey Methods of Human Geography for collegians. This book was first one on survey part in Korea. The book however, is insufficient in comprehensiveness in aspects too. I think that the important tasks of general-synoptic human geography in Korea are \circled1 publication of comprehensive books of human geography in the aspects and methodologies for collegians and \circled2 acceptance of academic world of human geography in Korea of variety in methodologies of human geography for future progress. progress.
1945년 8월 광복을 맞았을 당시 국내 정치지리학은 사실상 그 존재를 말할 형편이 못 되었다. 미군정 기간중인 1947년 초에야 비지리학자 표문화가$\ulcorner$조선 지정학 개관 : 조선 의 과거 현재와 장래$\lrcorner$를 출간했을 정도였다. 국내 지리학자로서 최초의 정치지리학 체계서 를 써낸 사람은 최복현이었다. 그의 정치지리학(1959)은 당시 미국 영향을 크게 받은 것이 다. 형기주는 국내서 지리학을 공부한 사람으로서는 최초의 정치지리학 논문(국토 통일 가 능성)을 쓴 사람이다. 1960년대 종반에 들어서서 국내 정치지리학은 꿈틀거리기 시작했다. 김대경, 차윤, 임덕순 등에 의해서였다. 1970년대에 들어서서도 연구 활기는 지속되었는데 특히 동년대 초반에 해방후 국내 지리학 수업자에 의한 최초의 정치지리학 체계서(임덕순) 가 나온 점은 특기할 만하다. 1980년대 중반에는 양적으로 보아 정치지리학이 크게 발전한 시기이다. 박사학위 논문도 최초로 나왔고 석사학위 논문도 이후 다수 나왔다. 전기간에 걸 쳐 볼 때 정치지리 연구는 \circled1 수도, \circled2 행정구역, \circled3 지정적 구조 (특히 한반도), \circled4 분단- 통일, \circled5 각급 행정수도, \circled6 성곽, \circled7 선거, \circled8 도시정치 순의 8대 범주에 걸쳐서 크게 이루 어졌다. 한국의 정치지리학은 국내 문제와 관련, \circled1 국토통일, \circled2 3면 임해의 활동, \circled2 영호 남 불통합의 3대 과제에 연구를 더 기울여야 한다. 학문 자체와 관련해서는 \circled1 신 지정학적 연구, \circled2 전략-군사지리 연구 등에 크게 힘을 기울일 필요가 있다. 인문지리학 일반 연구는 $\ulcorner$인문지리학$\lrcorner$을 써낸 김경성으로부터 논의하는 것이 타당하다. 이후 약 20년이 지나고나 서 오홍석의 비포괄적이나마 $\ulcorner$인문지리학 원리$\lrcorner$가 나왔다. 1970년대 중반이후 인문지리의 실증-계량적 분석에 대한 비판이 일어나기 시작했고, 그런 중에 1980년대 초반에 인문지리 학 방법론상 중요한 2개의 대립적 논문 (김인의 공간지리학 옹호와 최기엽의 장소이해 옹 호)이 나왔다. 그후 방법론상의 논의가 5-6편 나와 오늘에 이르렀다. $\ulcorner$인문지리조사법$\lrcorner$ 교 재가 역시 비포괄적이나마 국내 최초로 출간된 것은 1988년 (조동규)의 일이다. 포괄성이 훌 륭한 인문지리학 체계서의 출간이 절실히 요망된다. 방법론에 있어서는 공간-계량적 입장과 지역-종합-해석적 입장간의 조화와 상호보완이 있어야 할 것이다.