新人文与新启蒙——访美国哈佛大学教授杜维明院士

New Humanism and New Enlightenment: An Interview with Professor Du Weiming, By Zhang Fengqian

2007年4月20日,美国人文主义者协会和哈佛人文主义者牧师会联合向杜维明先生颁发了"人文主义杰出成就奖",杜先生被称赞为"儒家人文主义的世界领袖,中国哲学方面在世的最重要思想家之一。"这说明因为杜先生等人的不懈努力和中国文化的广泛传播,中国传统哲学,特别是儒家哲学中的人文主义特征正在受到美国思想界的关注。同时,美国思想界也正在兴起"新人文主义"的思潮,其主要特征是尊重宗教信仰,但是采取多元主义的立场,同情和接受怀疑论者、无神论者及其他人文主义的价值观。杜维明先生认为儒家的人文主义和"新人文主义"有契合之处,但是他认为西方文艺复兴以来的启蒙思想造成了人们对于宗教问题的不敏感,以及人类中心主义的泛滥,这些思潮也对中国造成了很大冲击。杜先生认为儒家的传统可以为"新人文"和"新启蒙"提供丰富的资源。

On April 20, 2007, Professor Tu Weiming was awarded the honor of ＂Outstanding Achievement in Humanism＂ by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard combining with the American Humanist Association. Professor Tu was praised as ＂the world＇s leading advocate for Confucian Humanism and one of the most important living thinkers on Chinese philosophy.＂ Professor Tu focuses on his criticism of ＂secular humanism＂, which provoked many attentions both in eastern and western academic world these years. In this interview, Professor Tu points out that the secular humanism that emerged in the modem west getting away from the spiritual world on the one hand and becoming very aggressive towards the nature on the other. In fact, it began with a reflection of China, but it was very different from the humanistic tradition of Confucianism. He says, new Humanism and new enlightenment are necessary to build a healthy life style with the support from Confucianism.