神话的人文关怀

Humanistic Care from Myths

人的存在从来就不是纯粹的存在,人似乎有找寻意义的倾向。伴随着自我意识的觉醒,神话成了人类最早用来表达自身的手段之一。现在神话已经离我们越来越远,在某些人看来已经死亡。在对人性做了多方面的分析后发现,社会发展和教育也许可以让我们摆脱人生的悲剧和虚无,但是人生有两个主题是无法轻而易举被关怀的,一是痛苦;二是死亡。或许只有在神话乃至宗教、科幻、网络、游戏甚至个人的想象中,痛苦和死亡才可能消失。在寻求深层人文关怀的道路上,只有正视人类强大和理性的局限,我们迈出的脚步,才能走得更远。

Human beings are by no means pure existence. We seem to have a tendency to seek the meaning of life. With the development of self-awareness, myths became the earliest method of self-expression. Myths are so removed from us now that they are considered dead by some. This study, based on a detailed analysis of human nature, concludes that while social development and education may alleviate feelings of tragedy and nihility, pain and death are two themes not so easy to deal with. Pain and fear of death may disappear only in myths, religions, science fiction, the web, games and human fantasies. Unless we are well aware of the limitations of human power and reason, we will not be able to go far on our way to profound humanistic care.