世界遗产:现代人类中心主义的实证

WORLD HERITAGE: THE DEMONSTRATION OF MODERN ANTHROPOCENTRISM

面对全球性的生态危机,人类中心主义遭到种种质疑,现代人类中心主义应运而生。现代人类中心主义的产生与可持续发展战略的提出不仅具有时间上的相关性,而且具有相同的问题背景,二者的价值取向有着惊人的一致。只有自觉地坚持现代人类中心主义,人类才有可能有效地实施可持续发展战略,实现真正意义上的可持续发展。现代人类中心主义在实践上的全面落实是一个相当长的历史过程,在当前历史条件下,世界遗产为现代人类中心主义提供了实证,并可望成为实现现代人类中心主义的典范。

Anthropocentrism suffers many doubts as global ecological crisis accelerates. This leads to the emergence of modem anthropocentrism. Modem anthropocentrism is closely related with the strategies of sustainable development for their identical historical background. They are oriented to strikingly similar values as well. Only by keeping to the self-consciousness of modem anthropocentrism can human beings implement the strategies of sustainable development effectively and realize sustainable development. The idea of world heritage that also appears in the late 20th century as a result of environmental deterioration and ecological crisis, voices the wishes of different countries and nations. Modem anthropocentrism, the ideas of sustainable development and world heritage that all appear in the late 20th century are closely related with the problem of environment and they are concerned about the living environment of human beings from different levels. Modem anthropocentrism is a kind of value of philosophical significance and lays the ethical foundation for the formation of sustainable development. World heritage as the concrete carrier of the historical development of the man-earth relationship produces evidence for modem anthropocentrism.Yet there is still a long way to go before modem anthropocentrism establishes itself in the world. According to Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, world heritages belong to all humanity, and they are protected by the international community. This accords with the proposition of modem anthropocentrism that advocates the central position of humanity and takes common benefits among human beings as the value scale. World heritage is of the greatest evidential significance to modem anthropocentrism and no other thing can take its place. World heritages are very important to human beings, for they connect the common benefits of human beings. Today, world heritages can undertake to carry out modem anthropocentrism and will become an apotheosis of realizing modem anthropocentrism. Therefore, some issues must be taken into concern. First, the value conception of modem anthropocentrism must be established in the world; secondly, more importance should be attached to world heritages, especially in academia; thirdly, it is essential that world heritages should be protected and exploited more properly.