他山之石,可以攻玉?——对“批评话语分析”在当代中国进路的思考

Reflection on the Orientation of Critical Discourse Analysis to Contemporary China

"批评话语分析"是兴起于西方二十世纪七、八十年代的一种跨学科的哲学社会科学研究范式,而引进到中国来是九十年代以后的事情。从"批评话语分析"本身强烈的批判定位和解放志趣来看,目前中国学界对"批评话语分析"的研究无论从理论建设还是实际运用来说都是有待提高的,最重要的问题是要解决"批评话语分析"在当代中国的进路问题,即必须明确在当代中国的语境下,"批评话语分析"坚持什么立场、研究什么问题和采取什么研究方法等问题。"批评话语分析"在当代中国的进路问题实际上是"批评话语分析"本土化的问题,也是"批评话语分析"在中国文化转向的问题。

Critical Discourse Analysis has become a multidisciplinary paradigm of social science in the West since the late 1970s.Judged from its critical perspective and emancipatory interest,Chinese academics’ study of Critical Discourse Analysis is not quite satisfactory in terms of theory construction and practical application.The most urgent issue now seems to be how to orientate Critical Discourse Analysis in contemporary Chinese context.In other words,we should make clear what is/are the purpose（s） of Critical Discourse Analysis in contemporary China,which topics Critical Discourse Analysis should apply to,and what kind（s） of research method（s） can we turn to,etc.The orientation of Critical Discourse Analysis is indeed the localization of Critical Discourse Analysis,or the cultural turn of it,in contemporary China.