“自我”的悖论——论新文学“个性解放”的伦理问题

The Paradox of “Self”: New Literature’s Ethical Problems of “Individual Liberation”

新文学以'自然人'为表现形式,去追求'自我'与'自由'的人生理念,的确推动了中国社会的历史进步。但是,这种绝对的'自我'与'自由',又直接动摇了传统文化的伦理关系,使人的行为变成了无序性。一旦'自我'凌驾于社会之上,并脱离了社会道德规范的节制,那么'自我'与社会之间便会形成对立,并最终因其无法生存,而陷入思想上的困惑与迷茫。新文学对于'个性解放'从盲目乐观到理性思考,是一个非常复杂的认识过程,其所留下的诸多经验和教训,很值得我们去认真地加以总结。

The new literature relies on the form of'natural person'to pursue the ideals of'self'and'freedom',which indeed promoted the historical progress of Chinese society.However,this type of absolute'self'and'freedom'also directly destabilized the ethical relationship in traditional culture,thus making people’s behavior disordered.Once the'self'was placed above society and broke away from the control of social moral norms,the opposition between the'self'and society emerged,and the'self'eventually fell into ideological confusion as it could no longer exist.For new literature,the shift from blind optimism to rational thinking in order to understand'individual liberation'was very complicated,which left us many experiences and lessons worth serious summarization.