“后学”与新启蒙主义的话语对抗

The Discourse Controversy between "Postism" and Neo-enlightenmentism

20世纪90年代以来,"后学"成为了中国新保守主义的一种话语资源。一些学者使用"后学"的话语理论,提出"中华性"的建设方案,对新启蒙主义的现代性立场进行解构,以本土文化的重建来应对全球化的挑战。"后学"的新保守主义文化姿态以及自身存在的悖论,引发了新启蒙主义者的强烈不满,导致了"后学"与新启蒙主义的话语对抗。"后学"与新启蒙主义是新时期知识分子面对现代化、西化与民族化的错综问题,所做出的两种重要的回应姿态。在全球化的时代,如何建立中华的文化形象,有效推进现代化的文化进程,以化解内外的文化、精神困境,是"后学"批评家和新启蒙主义者必须共同谋划的问题。

Since the 1990s, ＂postism＂ has become the discourse resource for Chinese neo-conservatism. Some scholars brought forward a proposal with Chinese characteristics, analyzed the modernity standpoint of neo-enlightenmentism, and answered the global challenge by reconstructing local culture. The conservative cultural connotation of postism and its deficiency caused great discontentment from the neo-enlightenment scholars, and this led to the discourse controversy between postism and neo-enlightenmentism. Postism and neo-enlightenmentism are two important answers of the intellectuals in the new era when they are faced with the complicated questions of modernization, westernization, and nationalization. During the age of globalization, it is a question for both the postism critics and the new-enlightenment scholars to estabhsh the image of Chinese culture, to effectively speed up the process of cultural modernization, and to overcome the dilemma between culture and spirit.