The Responses and Roles of the Humanities in the Era of Climate Change : Focusing on Philosophy, Religion and Literature
이정철 ․ 임철희†
Lee, Joung Chul and Lim, Chul-Hee†
The purpose of this study is to examine the responses and roles of the humanities in the era of climate change. Climate change is widely recognized as an urgent global issue that is being addressed in various academic areas. However, while some humanities studies address the issue, it has neither elicited a thorough response from the discipline nor attracted attention comparable to that which it has received from other disciplines. This study examines how the humanities are currently dealing with climate change-related problems, identifying four major roles that humanities should play. Currently, the disciplines that focus on climate change in humanities are philosophy, religion, and literature. They attempt to analyze the problems at hand by reconstructing ethical questions, climate justice issues, and narratives about reality and the future. After reviewing existing research, this study suggests that the humanities play roles in problem-posing, imagining, climate justice education, and deepening understanding of humanity and society. Ultimately, this article highlights the need for the humanities to participate more actively in climate change discourse and proposes a convergent academic system called “Climate Humanities”.
Climate Change, Humanities, Climate Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies, Roles of Humanities
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