全面理解传统与现代化的关系

A Comprehensive Knowledge of the Relation Between Tradition and Modernization

如何全面地提高对现代化理论的认识,并妥善处理好现代化与西化的关系,是中国社会多年来始终面临的一个问题。本文通过总结国外学者对传统与现代化关系的实证研究,参照日本与印度在社会经济发展过程中处理传统与现代化关系的经验,并对中国社会发展过程中传统与现代化的矛盾进行探讨,希望能加深我们对传统与现代化关系的认识,以促进社会在挖掘传统文化与学习国外先进文化的过程中能取其精华,弃其糟粕,从而促进中国社会健康顺利的发展。

This paper intends to improve our understanding of modernization theories and clarify the differences between modernization and westernization. It increases our understanding of the relationship between tradition and modernization through summarizing the empirical research of the relationship between the two variables by Western scholars, reviewing the modernization experiences of Japan and India, and revisiting the contradictions between tradition and modernization in China＇ s social development. Finally, the author attempts to distinguish the positive elements from the negative ones in both Chinese and Western cultures. It is the author＇ s hope that such an effort would lead to systematic distinction between the positive and negative elements in the traditional Chinese culture and Western culture to promote a healthy and smooth development of the Chinese society.