Toward dystopian futures? Legal history, postcoloniality and critique at the dawn of the anthropocene

AutorClarissa de Oliveira Gomes Marques da Cunha - Henrique Weil Afonso
CargoPostDoctoral Research at The New School of Social Research-NY (Scholarship funded by CAPES-Brazil) Doctor and Master in Law (UFPE), Lecturer at Faculdade Damas Law School, University of Pernambuco-UPE and FACIPE Law School, environmental lawyer. Email: marquesc@newschool.edu - Doctor and Master of Laws (PUC Minas), Lecturer at Faculdade Damas ...
Páginas187-213
187
Veredas do Direito, Belo Horizonte, v.14 n.30 p.187-213 Setembro/Dezembro de 2017
http://dx.doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v14i30.1048
TOWARD DYSTOPIAN FUTURES?
LEGAL HISTORY, POSTCOLONIALITY
AND CRITIQUE AT THE DAWN OF THE
ANTHROPOCENE
Clarissa de Oliveira Gomes Marques da Cunha
PostDoctoral Research at The New School of Social Research-NY (Scholarship funded
by CAPES-Brazil) Doctor and Master in Law (UFPE), Lecturer at Faculdade Damas Law
School, University of Pernambuco-UPE and FACIPE Law School, environmental lawyer.
Email: marquesc@newschool.edu
Henrique Weil Afonso
Doctor and Master of Laws (PUC Minas), Lecturer at Faculdade Damas Law School and
Postgrad Programme, Former Capes PNPD Scholar at Federal University of Mato Grosso.
Email: henriqueweil@faculdadedamas.edu.br
ABSTRACT
The aim of this article is to explore certain controversies that concerns
climate change within a framework of critique inuenced by recent
methodological debates on the history of International Law. In recent years,
the likely beginning of a new geological era known as the Anthropocene has
been receiving considerable attention from historians. Its main assumption,
one which humanity’s activities on Earth since the Industrial Revolution is
equivalent to a telluric force, ultimately resonates in historiographical theory
and acquires a global appeal. First, it is argued that the Anthropocene holds
intrinsic connections with the formation of modern international society.
Through an anachronistic lens, postcolonial literature’s inputs to the history
of International Law forecloses forms of colonialism and imperialism as
problematic dimensions of present concerns of international legal thought
and global justice. In conclusion, the article contemplates an estimation of
the viability of progressive teleology of history by making a case for the
validity of expanding the horizons of expectations in order to account for
less optimistic readings of the future.
Keywords: History of International Law; Climate collapse; Anthropocene.
TOWARD DYSTOPIAN FUTURES? LEGAL HISTORY, POSTCOLONIALITY AND CRITIQUE AT THE DAWN OF THE...
188 Veredas do Direito, Belo Horizonte, v.14 n.30 p.187-213 Setembro/Dezembro de 2017
RUMO A FUTUROS DISTÓPICOS?
HISTÓRIA DO DIREITO, PÓS-COLONIALIDADE E CRÍTICA NO
ANTROPOCENO
RESUMO
Esse artigo tem por objetivo explorar certas controvérsias relativas à
mudança climática a partir de enquadramento crítico inuenciado por
recentes debates metodológicos sobre a história do Direito Internacional.
Nos últimos anos, o provável começo de uma nova era geológica
denominada Antropocene vem recebendo considerável atenção da parte
de historiadores. Sua principal premissa é que as atividades humanas
na Terra desde a Revolução Industrial seriam equivalentes a uma força
telúrica. Tal premissa ressoa na teoria historiográca e adquire apelo
global. Primeiro, o artigo argumenta que o Antropoceno guarda conexões
intrínsecas com a formação da sociedade internacional moderna. Por
meio de lentes anacrônicas, as contribuições da literatura pós-colonial
à história do Direito Internacional descortinam formas de colonialismo
e imperialismo, porquanto representam dimensões problemáticas de
problemas atuais atinentes ao pensamento jurídico internacional e à justiça
global. Em conclusão, o artigo contempla uma estimativa da viabilidade
de teleologias progressistas históricas ao fazer defender a viabilidade da
expansão do horizonte de expectativas como forma de contabilizar leituras
menos otimistas quanto ao futuro.
Palavras-chave: História do Direito Internacional. Mudança Climática.
Antropoceno.
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