世博与现代性

Expo and Modernity

世博越来越全面地展现出复杂而又富于张力的现代性物化系统。借助于马克思的学说,可以得出判断,工业博览会反映了资本主义工业文明及其实证精神,既呈现了历史从区域史及民族史迈向世界历史的进程,也展示了现代世界图景中多个世界中心的现实。世博会的炫示方式,形成了一种新的人类交往及竞争方式。现代以来综合性的世博会,包含着如下四个基本维度:一是由技术引领工业、市场的现代性物化体系;二是世博物化结构的艺术呈现以及由世博历史促成的现代艺术世界;三是文化以及文明多样性的诉求及呈现;四是深入人心的生态文明理念。上海世博以城市为主题,凸显了空间及其景观效应,同时带来了对相关问题的反思。

The Expo is more and more fully exposing the materialized system of modernity with complexity and tension. By the aid of Marx’s doctrine, it can be inferred that, the industrial Expo reflects the capitalist industrial civilization and its positive spirit, presents the history development from the regional history and national history to the world history, as well as displays the reality of the world centers of contemporary world scenario. The exposing way of the Expo has formed a new mode of human communication and competition. Since the modern time, the comprehensive Expo includes the following four dimensions: first, modernity materialized system of technology-led industry and market; second, the art show of Expo materialized structure and the modern art world portrayed by the Expo history; third, demands and presentation of the diversity of culture and civilization; fourth, the popular eco-civilization ideology. With the city as the theme, the Shanghai Expo has highlighted the spatial and landscape effect, and has brought forth the rethinking of the relative issues at the same time.