“西方中心”还是“中国中心”?——对海外中国学一种解释框架的知识社会学反思

"Occident-centered View" or "China-centered View"

长期以来,海外中国学研究中出现了"冲击—回应说"与"中国中心说"的分歧以及"天下观"与"民族国家观"的对立。实际上,这些分歧和对立根源于"西方中心观"与"中国中心观"两种不同的解释模式。从知识社会学的视角来看,"西方中心观"与"中国中心观"之间的对立是近代中国社会"悖论"性质在思维方式上的折射与反映;近代中国社会的"悖论"性质决定了海外中国学研究要超越非此即彼、二元对立的思维方式,而采取亦此亦彼的思维方式。

There has long been divergence between ＂impact-response view＂ and ＂ China-centered view＂ and antithesis between ＂the view of China as Tian-xia＂ and ＂the view of China as a nation-state＂ in oversea sinology fields. In fact, these opposite views originate from ＂Occident-centered approach＂ and ＂China-centered approach＂. From the viewpoint of knowledge sociology, the antithesis between ＂Occident-centered approach＂ and ＂China-centered approach＂ reflects the paradoxical nature of modem China society; the paradoxical nature of modem China society demands us to use dialectical way of thinking instead of binary opposition way of thinking.