时间概念的文化传播——以科幻作品中的时间旅行想象为例

Illustrated by the Imaginations about Time Travel in Science Fiction

科学概念在诞生之前,就必然在社会思潮中有所体现。而在诞生之后,科学概念又会进入科幻文学、科幻电影、科幻动画等大众文化领域,而它们在大众文化领域所经历的改造,也会折射出社会思想潮流及其变化。本文以科幻作品中的时间旅行想象为例,对经典物理学、相对论、量子力学里的时间概念的文化传播进行考察。通过梳理20世纪以来物理学时间概念的变化及其传播,探析人们对时间的理解,本文亦有助于诠释近年来时间旅行相关作品背后的科学原理和哲学理念。

Before the birth of scientific concepts,they must be reflected in social thoughts.After its birth,scientific concepts will enter the fields of sci-fi literature,sci-fi movies,sci-fi animation and other popular culture,and their transformation in the field of popular culture will also reflect the trend of social thoughts and their changes.The paper takes the imaginations about time travel in sci-fi works as some examples to examine the cultural transmission of the concept of time in classical physics,relativity and quantum mechanics.By reviewing the changes and transmission of the concept of time in physics since the 20th century,investigating people s understanding of time,the paper will also help us interpret the scientific principles and philosophical ideas behind works related to time travel in recent years.