忠仆:文学或现实中的权力与主体

Loyal Servant:Power and Subject in Literature or Reality

没有权力就没有主体,没有服从同样也不可能产生主体;但在对于主体的认同方面,我们的历史习惯往往是反抗而非服从。我们知道反抗表征的是权力,却忽视了服从表征的也是权力。就文学中的某些忠仆形象加以甄别和考察,结合新中国初期公仆与公民的社会现实状况,可以使我们更深刻地认识到主体同服从间的本质性联系。

No power, no subject; no obedience, no soil for producing subjects. However, in identifying subjects, we tend to resist rather than obey, which has become a historical habit. We know that resistance symbolizes power, but neglects the fact that obedience symbolizes power as well. By recognizing and investigating of some loyal servant images in literature and combing the social reality of public servants and citizens at the beginning of New China, we can more profoundly understand the relationship between subject and obedience.