더 나은 세상을 꿈꾸는 블로흐(Ernst Bloch)의 미래 개념 = Future in Ernst Bloch’s search for a better world

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper reconstructs German philosopher Ernst Bloch's core proposition that a better world is possible, focusing on the concept of the future. In his concept of not-yet, the past is dissolved in the present and the future is latent. History is a dialectical process in which the present as an incomplete past is on one axis and the human desire for a better world is on the other axis. In this dialectical dynamic process, the present and the future compete against each other and cause physical and chemical reactions. In the dialectics of time presented by Bloch, the future latent in the present is supposed to be one of the factors that determines the future to come. Therefore, the future has self-reference. Bloch's concept of time is innovative in that it elevates the future from a dependent variable to an independent one, and productive in that it stimulates imagination about the future. However, a number of themes are remain to be supplemented by social science including the explanation of the detailed path through which possibility is transformed into reality, the power of experience operating in reality, the analysis of the relationship between humans and socioeconomic foundations in the present state, and political practice strategies. Notwithstanding, Bloch's core proposition that the world is not complete, that there is still a long way to go, and that it is up to people to create the future is worth pondering for Korean society and Koreans, whose dreams and hopes are fading and their imaginations are becoming impoverished.