视域融合理论下百年中国跨文化交往之省思

Reflection on China′s Intercultural Communication in the Past Century under the Fusion of Horizons

跨文化交往不等同于静态的文化对比,而是自我与他者视域、历史与现实视域的重叠与融合,且更关注文化的历史性、强调他我文化的平等性、坚持理解的实践性。伽达默尔视域融合理论为跨文化交往研究提供了良好视角,借此钩沉中国百余年现代史,反思中国在与外来文化交往中存有的包容缺陷、平等困境、共识局限、效率瓶颈等问题。凡此,可促进多文化间的谅解、互释、合作,启发中国跨文化交往应慧择文化善者而从之、探寻中外文化的历史勾连、构建平等的对外话语体系,更好促进中国文化引进来、走出去,实现与多种文化的联袂、混合与挹注互补。

Intercultural communication is not the same as cultural contrast, but the overlapping and fusion of the vision of self and others, history and present. Besides, it pays more attention to the history of culture, emphasizes the equality of other cultures and adheres to the practice of understanding. Gadamer＇s horizon fusion theory provides a good perspective for the study of intercultural communication, so as to probe into the modern history of China and reflect on the defects of tolerance, trouble of equality, limitation of consensus and bottleneck of efficiency in China＇s communication with foreign cultures. These reflections can promote understanding, mutual interpretation and cooperation among different cultures. In addition, it can inspire China choose the cultural essence, explore the historical links between Chinese and foreign cultures, and build an equal dialogue discourse system. All these will better promote ＂bringing in＂ and ＂going global＂ of Chinese culture, so as to realize the integration, blending and complementation with various cultures.