殖民者的自我和殖民地的他者:主奴关系的哲学反思

The Self of Colonist and the Colonial Other: Philosophy Introspection about the Relation Between Masters and Slaves

库切的作品中充满了对主奴关系的哲学反思,在南非文化语境下,这种反思主要指向殖民者的自我和殖民地的他者之间的关系。库切通过细致地展示殖民者不断地对自我进行复制和对他者进行想象的过程,通过剖析殖民者居高临下的单向透视角度对他者主体性的变形和殖民者的自我与他者存在不可分离的关系,揭示出殖民者的自我和殖民地的他者双方的特征都是出自权力的操作和话语的建构,矛头直指殖民话语背后的哲学基础。

Cowtzee＇works is filled with the philosophy introspection about the relation between masters and slaves. In the cultural context of South Africa, that introspection directs mainly to the relation between the self of colonist and the colonial other. Through showing carefully the constant process of colonist＇self-copy and imaging the other, analyzing the deformed subjectivity of the other under the one-way perspective angle of the colonist who occupies a commanding position and the indispensable relation between the self of colonist and the colonial other, Coetzee reveals that the features of the colonist＇s self and colonial other all come from the operation of the power and the construction of the discourse. The target points directly to the philosophy base behind the colonial discourse.