论当代知识分子的批评者角色

On the Role of Current Intellectuals as Critics

市场经济在中国的发动,使知识分子向来清晰的批评面目变得模糊起来。从此,知识分子在被边缘化的同时,又作出重建知识分子权威的努力,这体现在批判精神的再度崛起上。然而,学院化的生存环境使得知识分子从过去“为政治而学术”的老路走向“为学术而学术”的新途,这使得知识分子的批评功能有所退化。与此同时,在日益严重的专业化和市场社会中,实利的价值考量和反权威的后现代倾向给知识分子的公共言说资格和效力增添了新的障碍。

After market economy started in China, the role of intellectuals as critic has become indistinct. Intellectuals have been ignored as an edged force, and meanwhile, there has been an endeavor to rebuild their authority, which appeared as a resumed critical spirit. However, the environment of collegial life has made the intellectuals marched from the old route of ‘doing academic research for politics’ on to a new way of ‘doing academic research for academic purpose itself’, which has made degenerate in their function of criticism. On the other hand, the more seriously specialized and market-style society has set new obstacles to reduce their qualification and efficiency of public speech.