面向未来的事件——当代思想家视野下的事件哲学转向

Events Toward the Future: Event Theory Turnfrom the Perspective of Contemporary Thinkers

在21世纪的思想中,日益呈现出一场事件哲学的转向。事件问题的凸显,展现了人们对改变世界的希冀,事件是一个奇点,它不能简单地被还原为既定秩序中的一个话语和值,它本身就挑战着既定秩序的言说框架。事件的发生意味着占据一个新的位置,让事物可以在新的位置和空间中发生彻底的改变,这正是德勒兹、齐泽克、巴迪欧等当代思想家思考事件的契机,本文通过对柏拉图、德勒兹、齐泽克、巴迪欧等人思想的解析,阐明他们希望通过思考事件,寻找到那个实现转折的奇点,最终打开通向未来道路的总体思路。

A turn is seen in event theory in the 21^st century intellectual history, and the highlighting of the issue of event manifests man’s aspiration to change the world. Event is a singularity, and cannot be reduced to a discourse or degree in an established order, since it itself constitutes a challenge to the discursive structure of the order. The emergence of an event signifies the occupation of a new place, so that absolute transformations can be made in new places and spaces. This is the starting point from which contemporary thinkers, such as Gilles Deleuze, Slovaj Zizek, and Alain Badiou, conceptualize event. By analyzing the thoughts of Plato, Deleuze, Zizek, and Badiou, this paper reconsiders the notion of eventand explores the transitional singularity, in hope of initiating the philosophical path toward the future.