“反理论”的真相及意义——以罗蒂、费什为例

The Truth and Meaning of “Anti-theory”——with Rorty and Fish as Example

理查德罗蒂与斯坦利费什两人往往都被文艺理论界简单地斥为"反理论"者。事实上,就罗蒂而言,这与其反本质主义的哲学立场紧密相关,所谓"反理论"即是反本质、反实体、反基础,而且,虽然罗蒂否定哲学充当文学的基础,但他并不认为文学完全可以摆脱哲学的影响;就费什来说,尽管其"反对理论"的口号的确易生误解,但他实际上反对的是大写的、本质主义的不变理论。这是他们"反理论"的共同真相及意义所在。

Abstract： Rorty and Fish are often simply accused of representatives of ＂anti-theory＂. In fact, as Rorty is con- cerned, the so-called ＂anti-theory＂ is anti-nature, anti-entity, anti-foundation which is closely related to his philosophy standpoint of anti-essentialism. And, although Rorty denies philosophy serves as the foundation of literature, but he doesn＇ t think literature is completely free from the influence of philosophy. As Fish is con- cemed, despite his ：no theory＂ slogan really is easy to misunderstand, but he actually objects uppercase, constant theory of essentialism which is an identical truth and meaning of their ＂anti-theory＂.