从西方现代性问题看中华民族现代文明的建构

The Construction of Modern Civilization of Chinese Nation from the Perspective of Western Modernity

促进外来文化本土化,是建设中华民族现代文明的基本途径之一。这一途径可概括为:批判地汲取西方现代性的文明成果,同时探寻文化传统中影响、塑造中国人的思想观念和精神信念,以此确立现代中国人的安身立命之道。西方现代性的问题或危机,主要表现为人的神化与人的物化的两极趋势;摒弃主体主义、科学主义和物质主义的虚妄之后,现代性观念依然有其正当性。中国人数千年生活经验凝聚而成的人间情感和人道精神,以及将现在与传统之间认取为“亲属关系”的历史意识,不仅为当下中国人确认与文化传统的精神关联指示了路标,而且蕴含着面向现代化、面向世界、面向未来的“希望原理”。

Promoting the localization of foreign cultures is one of the fundamental ways to build modern civilization of Chinese nation.This approach can be summarized as follows:critically absorbing the civilization achievements of western modernity,and exploring the ideological concepts and spiritual beliefs that influence and shape Chinese people in cultural traditions,so as to establish the way for modern Chinese people to settle down.The problem or crises of western modernity are mainly manifested in the two extremes of human deification and human materialization.After abandoning the illusion of subjectivism,scientism and materialism,the concept of modernity still has its legitimacy.The human emotion and humanitarian spirit condensed from the thousands of years of life experience of Chinese people,as well as the historical consciousness of recognizing the relationship between the present and the tradition as“kinship”,not only indicate the roadmap for Chinese people to confirm the spiritual connection with the cultural traditions at present,but also contain the“hope principle”facing modernization,the world and the future.