“人是符号的动物”：符号诗学与西方美学传统

"Human Is Symbolic Animal":Symbolic Poetics and Western Aesthetic Tradition

卡西尔的符号诗学是以他的符号形式哲学及其"人是符号的动物"为基础建立起来的。它对于西方哲学和美学既是一个划时代的成果,也是西方哲学和美学发展的必然结果。首先,"人是符号的动物"这一结论是"回到康德"而又"超越康德"的一个成就。其次,"人是符号的动物"这一结论是坚持和发展西方人文科学传统的必然结晶。再次,"人是符号的动物"这一结论是反思和批判西方传统形而上学的哲学和美学而转向现代关系性和功能性哲学和美学的一个成果。这样就使得符号诗学的文学思想回归到人文科学的本位,促进了德国和西方文学思想走向现代。但是,由于卡西尔的符号形式哲学根本上忽视了物质生产、精神生产和话语生产相统一的、以物质生产为中心的社会实践,因此仍然是历史唯心主义的。

Cassirer＇s symbol poetics has been constructed on the basis of his symbolic formal philosophy and ＂Human is symbolicanimal＂. First, the conclusion is a sort of achievement that ＂returning Kant＂ and ＂surpassing Kant＂; Second, the conclusion is the certain crystallization that persist and develop Western humanities tradition; Third, the conclusion is a sort of aehievement that reflecting and critiquing Western traditional metaphysics philosophy and aesthetics and turning modern relational and functional philosophy and aesthetics. This make the literal thoughts of symbolic poetics return humanities own post, promote German and Western literal thoughts move towards modernity. But because Cassier＇s symbolic formal philosophy neglects social practice that matter production, spiritual production and discourse production are unity and regard matter production as core at the root, it still is historic idealism.