关于“西学”的几个理论问题

Some Issues of “Western Leanings” in China

Western Learning is an historical concept in China, referring to theories originated in the Western world. Under the context of Chinese modern culture, this concept should be re-defined as the Western scholarship in China, and included in the Chinese modern scholarship as its important components. Western Learning in China should not be understood as occidentalism in opposition to orientalism, or to sinology in particular. Western Learning in China has revealed some universalistic values and knowledge, such as science, democracy, human rights, rule of law, justice, which are not limited to the West. It should not be confused either with occidentalcentrism, or with the hegemony of Western discourse. As the matter of fact, the propaganda against the hegemony of Western discourse has been launched by the post-modernist and neo-leftist movement, which is not only harmful in practice, but also betrayed the globalization program of Marx. Chinese National Scholarship and Western Scholarship need to be complementary with each other.