美好与光明:阿诺德的文化思想论略

Sweetness and Light:Arnold's Thoughts on Cultural

在《文化与无政府状态》一书中,阿诺德批评了维多利亚时代人们缺乏精神信仰、过分看重工具的普遍现象,他认为文化是一种对完美的探究与追求,美好和光明是文化所追寻的完美之主要品格。阿诺德有关文化的思考为英国社会寻求了一种强大的整合力量,指导着人们理性地关注当代的社会问题。

In Culture and Anarchy ,Arnold criticized the universal phenomenon during the Victoria Times that the people were lack of spir-itual beliefs and laid too much emphasis on tools .He believed that culture was the study and pursuit of perfection ,sweetness and light being the main characters that of perfection as pursued .Arnold’s Reflections on cultural provided a powerful force of integration ,leading people to be ra-tional concern contemporary social issues .