论当代西方现代性危机中的宗教元素——哈贝马斯与福山关注宗教问题的逻辑及启示

On Religious Elements in Contemporary Western Modernity Crisis——The Logic and Enlightenment of Habermas and Fukuyama’s Turning to Religious Issues

按照经典的现代性理论,现代化与世俗化是一个同步进展的进程,作为前现代文明残余的宗教将逐渐退出公共领域,变为一种个人信仰的私人事务。在这个意义下,宗教由于现代社会的宽容原则而受到保护,甚至被认为仅仅是作为一种文化遗迹而保有一些观赏价值。

Habermas,the representative of the left wing of the West,and Fukuyama,the symbol of the right wing of the West,began to reconsider the role of religion in the public sphere almost at the same time.Their concern for religion is not a conversion to religion,but the improvement of their original theories in the new era.It reflects that scholars with different political tendencies in the West realized that modem civilization and social community with the risk of erosion of the normative foundation.The solution of the problem can not be separated from the integration of traditional cultural resources,including religion.Reflections on this universal contemporary issue and trend of thought will help us better understand the role played by religious elements in the process of modernity.