启蒙、现代性与传统文化的复兴

Enlightenment,Modernity and the Revival of Traditional Culture

启蒙和现代性虽然饱受批判,但是把传统文化与启蒙和现代性对立起来并不能解决问题,因为我们不可能不要启蒙和现代性而实现现代化。百年前我们面临的问题是如何在传统社会实现现代化,今天面临的问题则是如何在现代社会复兴传统文化,因而启蒙和现代性乃是复兴传统文化的条件。倘若我们给启蒙加上“批判”的限制,倘若我们把现代性理解为“多元现代性”,从而为传统文化资源留有余地,倘若我们把传统文化的复兴落实到现代中国社会,那么启蒙、现代性与传统文化就并非形同水火,不能相容。就此而论,重建启蒙,重建现代性,与传统文化的复兴一样,乃是我们面临的时代课题。

Though enlightenment and modernity have been radically criticized,opposing the traditional culture and enlightenment as well as modernity cannot solve the problem altogether,for modernization cannot be achieved without enlightenment and modernity. In the early 20th century,the key issue for China was how to achieve modernization in the traditional society;today,however,we are facing the problem as how to revise the traditional culture in modern society,therefore enlightenment and mo-dernity are the prerequisite of the revival of traditional culture. If we restrict the critique of enlighten-ment within “critique”and perceive modernity as “diversified modernity”so as to make room for the resources of traditional culture,and if the revival of traditional culture is based on the modern society of China,then enlightenment,modernity and traditional culture will be reconciled with each other. Hence,both the rebuilding of enlightenment and modernity and reviving of traditional culture are tasks of our age.