摘要
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVILIZATION AND IGNORANCE,by Ji Hongzhen,holds that the principal contradictions in Chinese society since the fall of the Gang ofFour affecting politics and the economy,social ethics and psychology have been thoseof emancipation and rigidity,reform and conservatism,and progress and backward-ness.There is an inner link running through the great variety of topics of the novelsduring this period—the conflict between civilization and ignorance,the