인류세와 역사학의 미래

Abstract

This article starts from the premise that a critical friendship between the Anthropocene hypothesis of natural scientists and humanist history is urgently needed. The field of Earth System science is arguably the most prominent and leading proponent of the Anthropocene hypothesis. In this article, I will focus first on the nature and characteristics of the field of Earth System science and then on historian Dipesh Chakrabarty's interpretation of the Anthropocene hypothesis in terms of philosophical anthropology. Chakrabarty's case illustrates the potential for a friendly dialogue between the Earth System sciences and the humanities, especially history, to open up new perspectives. Next, I will explore the possibilities of three new Anthropocene histories based on Chakrabarty's philosophical anthropology of the Anthropocene. While Chakrabarty's Anthropocene histories remain at the theoretical level, it does highlight the challenges and difficulties that historians must grapple with when considering the future of history in the Anthropocene. The predicaments and difficulties in Chakrabarty's theoretical discussion are also the predicaments and difficulties of the Anthropocene itself.