논문(論文) : 동아시아와 책임의 사회인문학-1 -자기 성찰로서의 동아시아론- = East Asia and Social Humanities of Responsibility-1 -East Asia discourse as an introspection-

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This paper intends to interpret social humanities as a matter of responsibility and review the critical East Asia discourse that has been presented by the Changbi circle. Etiologically, the word "Responsibility" has its origin in "response," which means to react to a certain call in a particular way. An introspective or critical East Asia discourse discussed by the Changbi circle has always been reminded of characteristic space of Korea since the end of the Cold War to accomodate the painful modern and current history of East Asia, and developed the discussion to form the East Asian community. The idea that the people on the Korean peninsula including North Korea, the most painful place, are taken as nexus to the problems of East Asia is a form of response to the call of "infinite others," a current East Asia. The critical East Asia discourse has been generated in the process of desperate self·examination of the Korean revolution movement and in search of a new direction of such movement for the post-Cold War era. While the effort has been firmly rooted in the modem task of resolving the division system, a problem that has burdened the Korean people heavily, it was not so engrossed in the problem only but recognized its linkage to the rest of East Asia. Over time, the discourse moves to the extent of linking the pursuit of post-modernity through settlement the division of the Korean peninsula and the overcoming of modernity in East Asia to the crack of the world system. And all of this is still underway. The fact that a final destination has not been clearly defined implies that development of the discourse can be likened to the Monad Movement, where significance is found in shaking a seemingly fixed territory and structure with strenuous Deterritorialization. The infinite others in East Asia are the people and the ecological environment. In this regard, the nuclear plant crisis at present should be tabled as an urgent topic for cooperation and solidarity in East Asia as it is threatening the ecological environment in our life. This must be approached in the context of responsibility as well.