后现代精神与后现代思想家的风骨——从敢于向霸权说“不”的格里芬谈起

Postmodern Spirituality and the Moral Fortitude of Postmodern Thinkers——Taking David Griffin as An Example

后现代是对现代性的反思和超越。而现代性的一个典型态度是唯我独尊,是"霸道"。因此,向霸道、霸权说"不"就成为后现代精神的精髓,成为一切后现代思想家的共同特征。文章通过世界著名建设性后现代思想家大卫·格里芬对美帝国的抵抗和批判,揭示了建设性后现代思想家的理论取向和道德风骨:他们不仅勇敢地抵抗形形色色的霸权,为弱小仗义执言,而且致力于人类的平等和人与自然的共同福祉,关爱一切生命。主张"尊重他者,倾听他人"。它并非一味解构,而是致力于为我们这个时代寻找"可能的精神家园"。

The Postmodern is a reflection on and transcendence of modernity. A typical attitude of modernity is hegemony. Therefore, saying ＂no＂ to hegemony lies at the core of postmodern spirituality. This paper takes David Griffin, a leading figure in constructive postmodernism, as an example to illustrate the theoretic orientation and moral fortitude of Postmodern Thinkersincluding their resistance against various kinds of hegemony, speaking out for the weak, being dedicated to the common good of humans and nature, and the emphasis on ＂respect for otherness, listen to the others＂. Deconstrncting is not their goal, but looking for ＂the possible spiritual hometown＂ is.