“废都意识”是一种文化黄昏意识

The Out-of-Date Capital Consciousness: A Kind of Consciousness of Cultural Dusk

《废都》之所以是贾平凹的一部"安神之作"、"止心慌之作"、或者"安妥我灵魂的一本书",是因为其中浸淫着浓烈的文化黄昏意识。作为描述废都人废都文化心态的总结性文字,"自卑性自尊"、"无奈性放达"和"尴尬性焦虑"三句话,真实、准确地描绘和揭示出了废都文化人普遍遭遇到的文化境遇。正是文化黄昏意识孕育着"废都文化",预言了"废都文化"的末日,预言着一种新的、更加辉煌的现代都市文化的诞生。

Why The Out-of-Date Capital is ＂a soothing work＂, ＂a relieving work＂ or ＂a soul- comforting work＂ of Jia Pingwa is that it is soaked a strong consciousness of cultural dusk. The summative account of the out-of-date capital cultural psychology of the people in it, ＂self-contemptuous self- respect＂, ＂helpless presumptuous＂ and ＂embarrassed worries,＂ is actually an exact description and expression of the cultural condition the intellectuals in the out-of-date capital have generally encountered with. It is just the consciousness of cultural dusk that is culturing ＂the out-of-date culture＂, predicting the doomsday of ＂the out-of-date culture＂ and foretelling the naissance of a new and more magnificent modem city culture.