韦伯“价值无涉”的理论旅行及内涵阐释——兼谈文学理论学科反思中的“价值”问题

The Theoretical Journey and Connotation Explanation of Weber’s“Wertfreiheit”:Also on the“Value”Problem in the Reflection of Literary Theory Discipline

“价值无涉”,又译“价值中立”(Wertfreiheit)是马克斯·韦伯(MaxWeber)针对社会科学方法论领域的重要思考,它的提出有其实际目的与理论谱系。该术语被引入国内学界后,在社会学领域引起了讨论,而在随后的文学理论学科反思论争中亦成为讨论的焦点之一。通过对“价值无涉”的理论梳理,及其在国内各次学术争鸣的现场还原,揭示“价值无涉”在争论中被使用,和在使用中被接受的理论旅行轨迹,从而考察“价值无涉”的理论渊源,兼谈其对文学理论学科反思中价值性问题的启发。

“Value neutrality”or“value-free”(Wertfreiheit),is Max Weber’s key reflection on the field of methodology in the social sciences,and it has a practical purpose and a theoretical genealogy.The introduction of the term into the domestic academic community has generated discussion in the field of sociology,and it has become one of the focal points of discussion in the ensuing reflective debate on the discipline of literary theory in literary academia.By sorting out the theory of“Wertfreiheit”and restoring it to the scene of various academic debates in China,we will reveal the theoretical trajectory of the use of“Wertfreiheit”in the debates and its acceptance in the debates,so as to examine the theoretical origins of“Wertfreiheit”,and also talk about its inspiration on the issue of value in the reflection on the discipline of literary theory.