• The Journal of Korean Philosophical History
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• no.36
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• pp.235-258
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• 2013

People say that dichotomous way of thought in the Occident separating human from nature resulted in ecological crisis. Furthermore, it is said that surmounting Occidental way of thought is necessary to heal ecological crisis, and ecological elements in Oriental traditional philosophy could be the alternative for changing anti-ecological disposition inherent in Occidental thought. Although so-called ecology did not exist in Oriental traditional philosophy, there is room for reviewing Oriental traditional philosophy in terms of ecological elements or ecological orientation. In modern society, however, the vitality and significance of ecological elements in Oriental traditional philosophy cannot be conclusively verified. On the other hand, Occidental thought regarded as the main culprit of environmental destruction may not contain anti-ecological contents. Therefore, this study critically reviews the possibility and significance of modern change of ecological thought in Oriental tradition by raising two questions, "Is Occidental view of nature anti-ecological?" and "Is Oriental view of nature ecological?"

• Global Cultural Contents
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• no.39
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• pp.44-65
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• 2019

Ecological nature was independently established in cultural content before the industrial society. Cultural contents started to be distributed as products in the industrial society, and since then there has been the coexistence of ecological and anti-ecological nature. Despite this change, community-based festivals and performances as ecological cultural contents encompassing both the time before and after the industrial society are still transmitted in some agricultural and fishing villages in today's Korea. Based on this aspect, ecological cultural contents can be defined as cultural contents that is practiced in various ways for symbiotic relations between men, man and impersonal being, and further beings surrounding cultural contents as well as man and nature. A basic plan for ecological cultural contents would pursue the three following directions: first, establishing a symbiotic system of cultural contents to create synergic effects among elements; second, building a distribution structure of virtuous cycle for cultural contents by reinforcing the productive abilities of consumers and users; and finally, expanding the base of cultural contents to exercise ecological nature. The perception and development of this ecological cultural contents will propose practical acts to help the human society move forward to an environment-friendly future in today's situations where the Earth's self-purification mechanism has collapsed.