定位本雅明在批判理论内在批判思想史的贡献——兼评《德国浪漫主义的艺术批评概念》

Situating Benjamin’s Contribution to Immanent Critique in Critical Theory:A Review for The Concept of Criticism in German Romanticism

内在批判是批判理论的核心方法论。本雅明从德国浪漫主义(耶拿)的艺术批判概念中发展出自己的批判方法,并将其命名为内在批判。本雅明早年的内在批判与作为批判理论核心方法论的内在批判在缘起、致思路径、批判范式及最终旨趣上具有亲缘性,上述论证可确定本雅明的内在批判在整个批判理论内在批判发展史的位置。尽管由于各种因素本雅明博士论文的关注度低于他之后创作的作品,但实际上作为其思想重要组成部分的内在批判一直贯穿于本雅明的其他著作中。

Immanent critique is the core methodology of critical theory.Walter Benjamin developed his own critical approach from the concept of artistic critique in the German Romanticism(Jena)and named it immanent critique.There is a close affinity between Benjamin’s early immanent critique and the immanent critique as the core methodology of critical theory,in terms of their origins,paths of reflection,critical paradigms,and ultimate aims.The argument above can situate Benjamin’s immanent critique in the history of critique and critical theory.Despite the lower attention given to Benjamin’s dissertation compared to his later works due to various factors,the immanent critique,considering as an essential point,has consistently threaded through Benjamin’s writings.