从文化自卑到文化自尊——基于胡适“全盘西化”论的思考

Cultural Self-inferiority Giving Way to Cultural Self-respect: Thoughts on——Hu Shi’s Idea of Wholesale Westernization

"五四"运动前后,胡适等社会精英对传统文化的一味否定既推动了社会的进步,也给国人留下了文化自卑的缺憾。文章简要分析了胡适"全盘西化"的主张及其历史成因与"缓慢渗透"的西化策略,并论证了它对日后中国文化力式微造成的影响。在中国经济快速发展的今天,我们必须跳出文化自卑的阴影,增强文化自尊和自信。在吸纳西方文明的同时,重建我们的精神家园,继承发扬优秀的传统文化,使我国的文化建设与经济发展和谐同步,健康发展。

The persistent negation of the Chinese traditional culture by Hu Shi and other social elites before and after the May 4th Movement has promoted both social progress and the Chinese people＇s sense of cultural self-inferiority, which is much regrettable. Hu Shi argued for ＂wholesale westernization＂, which has its historical causes, and proposed the strategy of westernization by means of ＂slow permeation＂, which led to the decline of China＇s cultural power later on. Considering the rapid growth of China＇s economy, our sense of cultural self-inferiority must give way to that of cultural self-respect and confidence and a Chinese spiritual home can be rebuilt by learning from and absorbing the essence of western civilization as well as by inheriting and carrying forward the splendid Chinese traditional cuhure, which can be developed along with China＇s economic growth.