启蒙五题

Five Issues on Enlightenment

回顾中国现代化的曲折历程 ,“启蒙”及其是非功过是一个无法回避的问题。在世纪之交的文化论争中 ,“启蒙”问题又成为文化冲突和思想交锋的一个焦点。鉴于人们对“启蒙”概念及其相关问题的不同理解 ,有必要对“启蒙”内涵的几个基本问题作出理论上的澄清 :一、何谓“启蒙” ;二、西方学人对启蒙的反省 ;三、中国现代启蒙运动的浮沉 ;四、启蒙的障碍与难题 ;五、当下中国是否需要启蒙。只有对以上“启蒙”问题作出准确的界定 ,才能对中国现代化“启蒙”的历史与现状作出合乎逻辑的评价。

When looking back the tortuous course of the China’s modernization, we cannot avoid “Enlightenment” and its rights and wrongs. In the cross century cultural controversy, “Enlightenment” becomes a focus of cultural and thought conflict. Seeing that people have different comprehensions on “Enlightenment” issues, we should transparent the concept and some related basic issues, such as: what's “Enlightenment”; the soul searching in the West; the ups and downs of China’s modern “Enlightenment”; the obstacles of “Enlightenment”; whether we need “Enlightenment” nowadays, etc. Only after giving them precise definitions, can we have a rational review on the history and the current situation of the Chinese modernization “Enlightenment”.