荷兰——圩田上的后现代乐园

Is the Netherlands a Postmodern Garden on the Polder

数个世纪以来,国小民寡的荷兰创造了令世人瞩目的文化奇迹。荷兰文化的能量源于一套"荷兰化"的成规系统,它以协商、妥协和宽容为主要特征。笔者从反对"文化进化论"的立场出发,围绕圩田模式、宽容传统和后现代等几个重要的文化现象,批判性地审视荷兰文化成规的成因、变迁及其双重影响。

The Netherlands, small as it is, has created amazing cultural miracles. Its cultural energy springs from a “Dutchified” system of conventions, marked by negotiations, comprises, and tolerance. Departing from the position against “cultural evolutionism”, this thesis treats of such cultural phenomena as polder mode, a tradition of tolerance, and postmodern value in the hope of defining the causes and vicisstitudes of Dutch cultural conventions as well as their double impact.