和辻哲郎“风土文化论”成因浅析

Watsuji Tetsuro: A theory of Climate-culture Interference

和哲郎(1889—1960)是日本近现代历史上著名的思想家、文化哲学家和伦理学家。《风土》是他的代表作之一,其中的核心观点是“风土文化论”。本文主要从主客观两个角度分析了“风土文化论”的形成原因,集中体现在四个方面:和哲郎的个人生平与学术兴趣在“风土文化论”产生过程中的作用,家庭教育和乡村的生长环境对他的性格影响;他对日本历史文化的深层思考,其中“日本人意识”是他展开对日本民族及其文化探讨和追寻的起点;时局变化和“国策”需要对“风土文化论”写作的影响,“战时”的写作背景是他无法摆脱的时代局限;人类历史上思想文化的传承,其中黑格尔和海德格尔的思想对他的触动最大。

Watsuji Tetsure （1889 - 1960） is a distinguished thinker, cultural philosopher and moralist in Japanese modern history. The climate is one of his most famous works, whose main idea is the theory of climate-culture interference. There were four causes when the theory came into being. They are： the personal life of Watsuji, his thinking of the Japanese history and culture, the social situation especially in the Second World War and the influence from Hegel and Heidergger.