The necessity and possibility of the Asian community

Résumé : Dans un monde façonné par la mondialisation, les États souverain perdent de leur pouvoir, remettant en question l'identité nationale. Les catastrophes récentes ont mis en lumière les défis de la société moderne, soulignant la nécessité d'une coopération multilatérale pour aborder des problèmes mondiaux tels que la disparité, la pauvreté et l'environnement. Les décisions unilatérales des nations ont un impact mondial, nécessitant une approche plus collaborative et la recherche de nouvelles formes de communauté  et de cohabitation au-delà des frontières nationales.

Version longue en anglais : Today, in a society profoundly shaped by globalization, the role of sovereign nations is undergoing momentous changes. We are facing a situation in which existing nation states are nearly powerless by themselves, and the very idea of nations and individuals is being called into question. The 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the accompanying nuclear disaster, and the 2020 novel coronavirus pandemic have shocked humanity beyond imagination. These unprecedented experiences have highlighted problems in modern civilized society, and in the roles not only of individuals but of entire communities. Causing wide-spread risk and unimaginable harm, these natural and man-made disasters have given people around the world the opportunity to reflect on some fundamental issues. Crises occurring on a global scale, across national borders, have demanded a paradigm shift on matters such as the relationship between states and individuals, industry and life, the role of capitalism, and the meaning of human civilization and progress.

Recent events have alerted people all over the world to the need for considering multilateral cooperation and solidarity beyond the nation state. Today, the time has come for us to change course, moving away from social structures, value systems, and ideas of society that pursue only economic efficiency while neglecting the environment and human life. Since its inception, humanity has sought to create a comfortable environment of freedom, equality, safety, and happiness, through innumerable trial and errors. We are now called upon to explore, along this same trajectory, a new form of community, a new way of living together. From this vantage point, I would like to explore with you the new transnational, transethnic communities that the future will demand (such as Asian Community).

In this lecture, Mr CHUNG would like to consider the viewpoints, concepts, and necessity of these new communities from the perspectives of time, space, and people.

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