浅谈卢梭与沈从文的“反现代性”

On Rousseau and Shen Congwen's “Anti-modernity”

卢梭与沈从文,一个是法国启蒙运动时期的重要思想家、文学家,一个是20世纪中国著名的当代作家,他们虽身处不同时代,但却在社会"现代性"迅猛发展的形势下,不约而同地表现出与主流思潮截然不同的"反现代性"。卢梭和沈从文都对城市文明进行了批判,并崇尚乡村文明,反对妄用理性,呼唤自由情感,同时,不满刻板教育,提出寻回自然人性。他们思想的产生有其特定的时代背景,所以,后人在学习前人作品时不应被动全盘接受,而应有选择地取其精华为己用。

Rousseau was an important French thinker and litterateur in the Enlightenment,and Shen Congwen was a famous contemporary writer of China in the 20 th Century. They lived in different times,butwith the rapid development of social 'Modernity',both showed'anti modernity',which was entirely different from the mainstream thought. Rousseau and Shen Congwen both criticized urban civilization and advocated rural civilization; they were both against the abuse of reason and called for emotional freedom. At the same time,they advocated getting back human nature and criticized rigid education. Their thoughts came from the specific backgrounds of the times. Therefore,while studying works,the future generations should selectively take the essece rather than accept all passively.