论两种“现代性”

The Two Comprehensions of Modernity

对“现代性”的思考产生很大分歧及其解决方案的巨大差异,其中一个重要原因在于对“现代性”概念理解上的异质性。区分出这种异质性对理解“现代性”及其寻求解决现代文化危机的可能性具有重要意义。应该有两种对“现代性”概念的理解,一种是广义的“现代性”,另一种是狭义的“现代性”。从积极的意义上说,克服“现代性”的文化危机,实质上就是拓展“现代性”内涵,使其由狭义的“现代性”向广义的“现代性”延伸。

Modernity divided into two comprehensions,one is “wide modernity” and the other is “narrow modemity”. In a positive sense, overcoming the cultural crisis of modernity, namely enlarging the intension of modernity in essence,which makes modernity elongate from “narrow modernity” to “wide modernity”.