论后殖民理论

On Theory of Post-Colonialism

本文在西方理论从近代、现代到后现代的历史演变和西方当代最新理论流派———多元文化理论、第三世界理论、全球化理论、文化研究的互动中考察了后殖民理论的源流，认为后殖民理论的核心思想为逻辑相连的三点，即揭示学＂后面的主义＂实质、指出知识＂后面的权力＂性质、提出文化帝国主义思想；结合后殖民理论的讨论史讨论后殖民理论自身逻辑必然要引发出四个最基本的问题，即西方思想的二重性、什么是非西方文化的真实＂、怎样定义非西方文化的自我。

Abstract This article attempts to analyze the origin of post-colonialism in view of interaction between the historical evolution in the West, that is, the modern history, contemporary history and post-contemporary history, and new modern schools of thoughts in the West, namely, the cross-culture theory, third-world theory, globalization theory, and cultural studies. It holds that the core of post-colonialism can be illustrated in three logically related aspects as follows: revealing the essence of various “studies', pointing out the nature of “rights' behind “knowledge', and suggesting the concept of cultural imperialism. It maintains that combining the course of discussions over post-colonialism with the logic of post-colonialist theories will inevitably give rise to four basic issues: duality of Western thought, “reality' of non-Western culture, definition of the ego of non-Western culture, and text of others or text of the ego as well.