CAJ | 학술논문

文化是美国综合国力的重要组成部分，文化因素和政治、经济、军事等因素一样，始终是美国外交决策的基本驱动力量。某种程度上，美国文化中的使命观和“西方中心论”使得美国对朝鲜的外交政策带有极其明显的东方主义特质，即在“西优东劣”“二元论”的思维方式下，借助于一种“苦心经营”的权力话语，延伸了对朝鲜的霸权触角，利用朝鲜这位“他者”来实现自己的单边主义利益和需要。美国对朝政策中所表现出来的东方主义文化，引起了朝鲜当局的强烈反弹，对东北亚局势产生了严重的影响，同时也值得引起东北亚地区各有关国家的重大关切和国际关系理论研究工作者的深刻思考。
문화시미국종합국력적중요조성부분，문화인소화정치、경제、군사등인소일양，시종시미국외교결책적기본구동역량。모충정도상，미국문화중적사명관화“서방중심론”사득미국대조선적외교정책대유겁기명현적동방주의특질，즉재“서우동렬”“이원론”적사유방식하，차조우일충“고심경영”적권력화어，연신료대조선적패권촉각，이용조선저위“타자”래실현자기적단변주의이익화수요。미국대조정책중소표현출래적동방주의문화，인기료조선당국적강렬반탄，대동북아국세산생료엄중적영향，동시야치득인기동북아지구각유관국가적중대관절화국제관계이론연구공작자적심각사고。
Culture is an important part of the comprehensive national strength of the U.S.;cultural element,along with politi-cal,economic and military ones,has always been a fundamental driving force when the country makes its foreign policy.The sense of mission and West-centrism in American culture,to some extent,lead to his foreign policy towards North Korea mani-festing stark characteristics of orientalism.Namely,extending his hegemony tentacles towards North Korea under the thinking modes of“the West better than the East”and“dualism”and by the aid of“elaborately staged”power discourse,and taking ad-vantage of“the other”—North Korea to realize his unilateral interests and needs.The orientalism displayed in the US policy to-ward North Korea has caused a strong rebound of the North Korean authorities,which has caused a serious impact on the situa-tion in northeast Asia.Meanwhile,it is also worth major concerns of each relevant countries in this area and profound thinking of researchers in international relations theory.