追寻真诚——论卢梭与现代自我认同

The Pursu it of Sincerity:Rousseau and Modern Self-identity

"真诚"问题在卢梭的思想中占据着主导性的地位,他以"真诚"的名义所掀起的伦理学革命,对此后人类的知识探求、审美创作以及政治实践都产生了革命性的影响。通过对卢梭思想的全面梳理可以看到,"真诚"虽然是一个现代概念,却缘起于古代传统。为了捍卫"真诚"的价值,卢梭不惜向伪善宣战,并身体力行,用写作来展示自我的真诚。然而,他恰恰是在以一种"制造真诚"的方式展示了真诚的困境:自我认同的困难性以及这种认同对哲学话语与政治实践中所产生的负面影响。深入探讨卢梭与真诚问题将对当代理论与现实问题有所启示。

'Sincerity' is the dominant issue in Rousseau's thought.The ethical revolution he started in the name of sincerity has a great influence on epistemology,aesthetics and political practice.By reading all the works of Rousseau,it can be observed that sincerity is a modern concept,but rises from tradition.In order to defend sincerity,Rousseau declared a war on insincerity,and at the same time,he tried to show his sincerity by writing.However,his works demonstrated a genuine dilemma: the difficulty of the self-identity and its negative effect on contemporary philosophy and political practice.Thus,the discussion of this problem is of importance to contemporary theory and practice.