科学·宗教·神话:《新亚特兰蒂斯》的乌托邦思想解读

Science,Religion,and Myth:The New Atlantis as a Utopian Fiction

弗兰西斯·培根的《新亚特兰蒂斯》不只是一部描述科学蓝图的著作。本文从这部著作与西方思想史的联系出发,研究它的多层次性乌托邦思想。本文指出,培根的新亚特兰蒂斯——本色列——不仅是一个科学理想国,更是一个宗教理想国和一个试图超越柏拉图的神话式理想国;与此同时,本色列也是一个由西方人建构的"东方"乌托邦神话。本文的研究在很大程度上深化和扩展了已有的《新亚特兰蒂斯》以及培根研究。

The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon is not merely a work of science. This paper studies this work in association with the history of Western thought, and points out its multi-utopian characteristic. Bacon＇ s new Atlantis -- Bensalem is indeed a scientific utopia, but it is at the same time a religious utopia and a mythic utopia with which Bacon attempts to transcend Plato. Besides, Bacon＇ s Bensalem is a utopian myth about the Orient constructed by the West. This paper deepens and broadens to a great extent the scholarship around The New Atlantis and Bacon.