从正统异端之辨看中国文化的整体性探究——评韦伯对中国传统文化的研究

Holistic Research on Chinese Culture under the Distinction between Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy:A Review of Max Weber’s Research on Chinese Traditional Culture

马克斯·韦伯提出的世界不同民族文化精神与其社会经济发展之内在关系的"韦伯命题",对世界近现代化发展理论研究产生了重要影响,特别是其对中国传统文化中正统异端之辨的分析方法代表了西方学界的主流研究思路。这一思路虽细致精到,但忽视了中国文化的整体性特征,从而造成了理解认识的偏差。本文试图在找出韦伯这一研究的缺陷的基础上,通过整体性研究的介入来展现中国文化的内涵与实质,为我们的现代化研究提出一种新的研究范式,增强对中国文化和发展道路的坚定与自信。

Max Weber’s proposition of the inner relationship between spirit of national cultural and socioeconomic development in different nations of the world has had an important impact on research on the world’s modern development theory,especially his analytical method on Chinese culture of distinguishing between orthodoxy and heterodoxy has represented the mainstream of Western research method on this topic.This method is meticulous and classical,but it neglects the holistic characteristic of Chinese culture and leads to a deviation from a correct understanding of Chinese culture.On the basis of finding out the defect of Weber’s research,this paper attempts to show the connotation and essence of Chinese culture through holistic research,to propose a new research paradigm for our modernization research and strengthen our firmness and confidence on Chinese culture and its development.