社会思维模式之权力结构的新格局——论莎士比亚悲剧的宗教内涵

New Pattern in Power Structure of Social Ideological Mode——On the Religious Connotations of Shakespearean Tragedies

莎士比亚悲剧的内涵是非常丰富的,有着众多可行的研究切面,而其中有一个切面值得关注,即基督教现代转型时期的社会思维模式之权力结构的变化,亦即信仰与理性力量对比的变化。莎士比亚悲剧诞生的文艺复兴时期是欧洲现代化进程的启动阶段,也是思想界现代化的启动阶段。在此历史时期,社会思维模式之权力结构的新格局在信仰与理性相互斗争与势力再分配的过程中现出雏形,而欧洲社会意识形态演进的重要脉络——基督教的现代转型则在痛苦与曲折中进行。莎士比亚悲剧展现了这位文学大师的人文主义——基督教之糅合思想体系,反映了上述转型过程,表征了基督教现代转型期社会思维模式之权力结构的变化,并揭示了转型期基督教的风貌,具有丰富的宗教内涵。

Shakespearean tragedies have rich connotations and many feasible perspectives of research, among which one per spective merits our attention, and that is the change of the power structure of social ideological mode in the era of the modem transformation of Christianity, namely the change of the relative power of faith and reason. The Renaissance, during which Shake spearean tragedies were created, is the beginning of the modernization of European society, as well as the outset of the moderniza tion of European ideology. In this historical period, tThrough the conflict and reshuffle between faith and reasonration, a new pat tern in the power structure of social ideological mode came into existence, contributing to the strenuous modem transformation of Christianity, which plays an important role in the evolution of European social ideologies. Shakespearean tragedies, rich in reli gious connotations, shows the ideological system of the literary master, which combines elements of humanism and Christianity. These tragedies are a reflection of the aforementioned process of transformation and the change of the power structure of social i deological mode in the process, revealing various aspects of the Christianity in transformation, thus rich in religious connotations.