制度欧盟与文化欧洲的悖论

A Paradox between an Institutional European Union and a Cultural Europe

在人类文明史的演进过程中,欧洲后来居上,不仅为自己的和谐共存和文明发展创造了骄人的业绩,也塑造了整个现代西方乃至世界现代性的基本模式。然而,在西方文明向第二阶段北美文明演进过程中,欧洲文明却面临浴火重生的选择,一方面是世界战争留下的创伤警醒,另一方面是传统承续的艰难转型。其中值得关注的是制度欧盟与文化欧洲的悖论,即制度性的欧盟建设需要一种高效率和统一性,而文化欧洲测本就秉承多元化的百家争鸣之传统。本文从"马克-欧元"模式入手,强调理解整个文明建构的"货币"枢纽意义,因其不但是器物层面运行的经济史的关键因素,也牵连起制度、器物层面的微妙关联;对其进一步的深究,还关系到文化理念层面的息息渗透。如果参照侨易学的观念,则是在文明结构各层次间建立必要之关联,尤其是为制度欧盟建设的经济精英、政治精英与知识精英之间构架可能的桥梁。

In the progress of human civilization,Europe has contributed a lot to shaping a fundamental model for the modernity of the West, and even of the world. However,when the Western civilization turned to a second stage,where North America took the lead, the European civilization had to face an arduous transformation, which is most obviously manifest in the paradox between an institutional European Community and a cultural Europe in that the construction of an institutional Europe demands efficiency and unification whereas a cultural Europe used to prefer diversity. In view of this, starting from the 'Mark-Euro' model, this paper emphasizes the pivot role of banknotes because it is not only a key factor operating at the utensil level in terms of economic history, but involves the subtle links between the system and utensil levels. A further examination leads to close(information) penetration in the cultural sense.