中心错觉与荒野错位——盎格鲁-加拿大民族身份建构的内在悖谬溯源

Paradox of Central Illusion of Empire and Marginalization of Wilderness——The Origin of Intrinsic Proposition for Constructing Canadian Identity

现代民族身份的建构有两个根本性维度:认识自我与认识空间。对于加拿大的英裔移民来说,最为敏感的问题与其说是"我是谁"(认识自我),毋宁说是"我在哪里"(认识空间)。通过拉康的哲学视界可以看出,这是因为,英裔移民的"原初身份"是由"帝国镜像"确立的,根深蒂固的"中心错觉"使得他们并不担心"我是谁"的问题,但是,当他们被抛到美洲荒野上的时候,由"帝国"带来的"符号化意识"与新的"荒野镜像"让他们在空间上产生了"我在哪里"的疑惑。于是,自我认识的确定性与空间认识的不确定性在他们的内心深处形成了一种撕裂性张力,成为当代盎格鲁-加拿大民族身份构建过程中的一个内在性悖谬。

Knowing oneself and his surroundings are two basic dimensions for constructing self- identity. For Empire immigrants of Canada, they were not troubled with ＂Who am I？＂ due to their ＂central illusion＂ of the Empire. But when they settled down on the wild land of America with such ＂ pseudo consciousness＂ of ＂Empire mirror image＂, they actually discovered the truth of being marginalized with the question of ＂Where am I？＂ Thus, the certainty of knowing who they were encountered the uncertainty of knowing where they were, which constructed an intrinsic proposition for Canadian identity.