后工业社会的“激情悖论”

On ″Passion Paradox″ in Post-industrial Society

与工业化早期阶段相比,后工业社会中人们生活水平普遍得到很大提高,闲暇时间日益增多。大众传媒和广告中到处充斥着"激情"元素,整个世界呈现出一派激情泛滥的图景,而与此同时,在现实生活中,空虚麻木的情绪却在西方社会到处滋长蔓延,"疲劳"成为全球化的普遍现象。造成这一"悖论"的深层原因是资本的统治进入了一个新的、更为隐蔽的阶段,即当消费取代生活占据主导地位的历史阶段时,物化逻辑得到了全面彻底的普及。后工业社会中的"消费者"是被恩宠、被讨好的对象,但也是被剥削得最为彻底的人。他被排斥在"真实的世界"之外,被剥压了自主实践的可能性,因而不会有真实的内心体验,也丧失了真正的创造力和真正的生命激情。

Compared with that in the early stages of industrial society, the living standard of people in post-indus- trial society has been greatly improved, with leisure time increased. Mass media and advertising is full of ＂pas- sionate＂ elements. The whole world seems to witness a flood of passion. Meanwhile, in the real life however, e- motional numbing and emptiness is growing and spreading in Western society. ＂Fatigue＂ has become a globally common phenomenon. The deep reason for this ＂paradox＂ is that the domination of capital has entered a new, more subtle phase, that is, when consumption has taken the dominant place of production, the logic of material- ization has become fully and completely universal. ＂Consumers＂ in post-industrial society are objects to be pleased, but also the most thoroughly exploited. They are excluded from the ＂real world,＂ deprived of the possi- bility of independent practice. Thus they were deprived of real inner experience and suffer from the loss of true creativity and genuine passion for life.