从道家视角阐释爱默生的辩证法

Interpreting Emerson's Dialectics from the Daoist Perspective

美国学术界对爱默生作品中蕴含的东方元素大多采取回避的态度,他们仅仅从西方人的视角解释,而不是把他的作品作为永恒的智慧范本来解读,因此,学术界对爱默生辩证哲学体现出的复杂性、神秘性以及实用性解释含糊不清。本文认为,爱默生的辩证思想不重视分析性的思辨,因而显得缺少系统性,但它侧重于生活艺术和智慧,因而具有实践功能,这与中国老子的辩证法十分近似。本文拟从中国道家的视角来解释爱默生辩证思想的复杂性和实用性。

American critics note and explain dialects in Emerson but avoid or neglect the oriental elements in Emerson as they just interpret Emerson＇ s thoughts in terms of intellectual context rather than regard them as examples of living wisdom beyond words. Thus, scholarly reception of Emerson is still equivocal, leaving Emerson a figure who is half read. This paper tries to interpret complexity and practicality from the Daoist perspective and conclude that＂dialects in Emerson do not follow the analytical method in traditional western philosophical line but adopt the flexible balanced way with multiple perspectives that is congenial to Laozi ＇ s treatment of opposites.