从结构到解构的符号——论罗兰·巴特《符号帝国》中的“空”与“无”

The Sign:From Structure to Deconstruction——On the “Emptiness” and “Nothingness” in Roland Barthes' The Empire of Signs

《符号帝国》是罗兰·巴特在解构主义时期用符号学的视点完成的一本关于日本社会文化生活的著作。在对日本社会文化符号的考察中,巴特跨越了早期受索绪尔影响而形成的"科学化"、"体系化"的结构主义符号学观点,感受到了符号的一种"空"和"无"的特点。符号的能指和所指断裂,能指不再对应单一或终极的所指,符号的意义也被无限的推延。在这种对符号新的思考和认识中,巴特也最终完成了向解构主义的转向。

Roland Barthes＇ The Empire of Signs is a book about the Japan＇s society,culture and life from the perspective of semiology in his period of deconstruetion. In the investigation of the signs in Japan＇s so- ciety and culture,Barthes cast off the viewpoint of structuralist semiology with the characteristics of ＂sci- entification＂ and ＂systematization＂ under Saussure＇s influences and comprehended the characteristics of ＂emptiness＂ and ＂nothingness＂ in Japan＇s symbolic phenomenon. There is a schism between the signifier and the signified, and the signifier does not correspond with the single or ultimate signified any more. At the same time,the meaning of signs has been postponed and secluded limitlessly. With this new reflection and comprehension about signs,Barthes finally completed his transformation into deeonstruction.