齐泽克—波德维尔之争再考察

A Reexamination of the Controversy Between Slavoj Žižek and David Bordwell

齐泽克和波德维尔的学术论争,常被归为“中等层面”与“宏大理论”的范式之争。两人确有分歧,但都反对相对主义,尤其是文化研究中的相对主义。对于波德维尔和“后理论”来说,相对主义拒绝真实的确定性,强调主体认同的多元性。齐泽克则质疑文化研究的反本质主义,悬置真与假的基本判断。齐泽克当年的质疑发展出“后电影”版本,如对连续剪辑、叙事功能的再讨论。“后电影”不是前述理论论争的消弭,而是其新挑战和再发展。

The academic debate between SlavojŽižek and David Bordwell is often regarded as the paradigm debate between“middle-level”and“grand theory”.There are differences between the two scholars,but both oppose relativism,especially in cultural studies.For Bordwell and the“post theory”,relativism rejects the truth.Žižek questioned the anti-essentialism of cultural studies,which suspended the basic judgment of truth and falsehood.Žižek’s doubts developed a“post-cinema”version,such as the function of continuous editing and narration.“post cinema”is not the elimination of the above theoretical debates,but its new challenge and re-development.