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Reimagining Military Cities: Confucian Ethics and the Shift from Control to Communal Harmony

  • International Journal of Glocal Language and Literary Studies(약칭: IGLL)
  • Abbr : IGLL
  • 2025, (19), pp.158~166
  • Publisher : Glocal Institute of Language and Literary Studies(GILLS)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : May 20, 2025
  • Accepted : June 20, 2025
  • Published : June 30, 2025

Jung, Du Ho 1

1경상국립대학교 경남문화연구원

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ABSTRACT

This article examines how Confucian ethical values can be applied to the peaceful transformation of military culture cities. Rather than viewing military order and Confucian harmony as inherently oppositional, it highlights their potential for a complementary relationship. By reinterpreting military heritage through a Confucian lens, the study seeks to reconstruct the identity of military culture cities in a way that is peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable. Confucian ideals of peace offer a valuable ethical foundation for softening the coercive and hierarchical dimensions of military structures, enabling a transition toward more participatory and respectful civic cultures. Key strategies include the reinterpretation of military legacies, the creation of public spaces inspired by the ideal of the Great Unity (大同社會), the revitalization of communal consciousness through ethical education, the transformation of military ceremonies into peace-oriented festivals, and the application of the principle of “harmony without uniformity” (和而不同). These approaches facilitate not only physical regeneration but also ethical and cultural renewal, ultimately contributing to a reimagining of urban identity and the strengthening of shared communal values.

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