儒教政治的内在性:韦伯与列文森的传承线索

Immanence of Confucian Politics:Inherited clues of Weber and Levinson

在纯粹的内在性观念中,只有一个世界,在其中自然、神、人和其他一切可能的存在共同组成一个秩序,在这个世界之外再无其他的存在。韦伯和列文森都认为,中国政治的传统主义特征与儒教的内在性观念有关。君主按照其自然的倾向,具有中央集权和理性变革的动机,但是士人阶层为了维护其自身的地位和利益,依靠其在意识形态领域的垄断地位,有力地抑制了君主的集权与理性化冲动。这两位学者对于西方宗教伦理的超越性观念的执著和自信背后,固然有深厚的宗教情怀与扎实的学术研究作为支撑。但是超越性概念本身,含有浓厚的形而上学意味。

Both Weber and Levinson held the opinion that the traditional features of China's politics had something to do with the immanence of Confucianism.Behind their persistence and confidence on transcendence concepts of western religion ethics,there was deep-rooted religious feelings and solid academic researches,but the transcendence concept itself had strong implication of metaphysics.