《仿佛》中的历史和神话

History and Myths——An Interpretation of Implications of Ka-no-yo-ni

明治政府成立伊始,力图通过国家神道、天皇制神话和家族国家观建立起近代日本的"文化统合"。在森鸥外小说《仿佛》中,也体现出这一教化政策。此外,森鸥外试图以德国哲学家费英格的"仿佛哲学"来做出合理性的解释,但最终归于失败。因为神话不等于历史,故而政府将神话当做历史看待无疑是一种非合理性的做法,其目的仅仅是为了维持政权的稳固。

At the beginning of its founding, the new Meiji government tried to establish ＂ cultural unity＂ in modern Japan through a combination of national shintoism, Mikado myth and family - state concept. Concerning this policy, Mori Ogai tried to make a reasonable explanation in his novel Ka - no - yo - hi, using German philoso- pher Vaihinger＇s Philosophy of As If. However, despite his efforts he failed in the end. Since myths are not equal to history, it was quite unreasonable for the government to regard myths as history, which only aimed at maintaining the stability of the regime.