포스트 바디시대에 대한 신학적 응답: 성육신적 몸(body)과 신체(flesh)의 개념을 중심으로

Abstract

Korea is a representative society where science and technology have developed rapidly, and is already familiar with a word of 'PostHuman' through the mass media. Also the Korean Society is now evaluated as one of information technological superpower. Through my research, I found that posthuman discourse consequently results in human responsibility and ethical problems, and meets with a way of the deep reflection about the concepts of the body and flesh. In this sense, feminist theological perspective which has persistently struggled with the problem of the body for half a century can be an important contribution to posthuman discourse and should be recognized as an important discourse of global transformation. We do not over-optimize the progress of science and technology in the face of the posthuman society, which is coming with natural human being, robot, AI, cyborg and other similar human species. Nor can the posthuman be a threat to human civilization. Instead, it is a time to gather the wisdom of experts in each field to further develop humanism and promote the dignity of life. The fundamental understanding of human beings is linked not only to the mind but also to the concept of the body in the time. Especially, it is an important theological task of posthuman discourses to examine the theological implications of the body and flesh base on the theology of Incarnation in the high technology age. In other words, the Christian ethical reflection on the body of the posthuman focuses on the phenomena of the postbody especially in relation to the new dimensions of the understanding of what is human being and authentic humanity. I think that the Christian ethical reflection on the Incarnation can suggest a way to overcome the social and ethical crisis of the postbody era by considering the meaning of the concept of body and flesh from the point of view of Incarnational theology.