革命再造文明:文明史意义上的革命与人类文明新形态

Revolution Reshaping Civilization:Revolution in the Sense of History of Civilization and A New Model for Human Progress

文明是人类智慧活动的产物,本质上在于对生存实践进行文化的意义建构。在轴心时代,中西文明型塑了文明类型、奠定了衍化基础,中国是以“家国”为内核、以“此岸世界”为致思取向的“家国同构”和“孝(忠)感文化”,西方是以“城邦(城市共和国)”为内核、以“共存世界”为致思取向的“民主共和”和“罪感文化”。不同文明衍化的结果是近现代史上西方的“革命”和中国的“晚革命”。在人类文明史上,“革命再造文明”的逻辑不仅体现为由西方革命创造的人类文明的现代形态,更重要的是体现为由中国革命创造的人类文明新形态。中国近代以来对西方现代文明进行“再革命”、新时代以来对革命内涵进行“再丰富”,创造了人类文明新形态。人类文明新形态既是对现代文明的扬弃,也是对未来文明的开启,更是关乎人类共同命运的生存智慧。

Civilization is the product of human intellectual activity,essentially involving the cultural construction in thesurvival practice.During the Axial Age,both Chinese and Western civilizations established the types of civilization and laid the foundation for their evolution.China was characterized by a“family-state”core and a focus on the“this-world”orientation with a“family-state isomorphism”and a“filial piety and loyalty culture”,while the West was characterized by a“city-state”core and a focus on the“coexistent world”with a“democratic republic”and a“guilt sentiment culture”.The different evolutions of civilizations resulted in the“revolution”of the West and the“late revolution”of China in modern history.In the history of human civilization,the logic of“revolution reshaping civilization”is not only reflected in the modern form of human civilization created by Western revolution,but more importantly,in the new model for human civilization created by the Chinese revolution.Since modern times,China has undergone a“second revolution”against Western modern civilization,and since the new era,it has enriched the connotation of revolution,creating a new model of human progress.This new model is both a sublation of modern civilization and an opening to future civilization,and it is even more about the survival wisdom concerning the common destiny of humanity.