Owing to the effective summary of the world political structure after “cold war”, Samuel Huntington’s model of “the Clash of Civilizations” has aroused so extensive attention with many echoes. however the foundat...Owing to the effective summary of the world political structure after “cold war”, Samuel Huntington’s model of “the Clash of Civilizations” has aroused so extensive attention with many echoes. however the foundation of this model is non-historical and naturalist——it relies on some double This model not only puts itself in an external opposition to the romantic argument of “the Reconciliation of Civilization”, which is abstract the same, but also totally veils the modern root of the conflict in today’s world. The root lies in the two fundamental supports of modernity——capital and modern metaphysics. “Chinese Seeking Hegemony” was described as a natural outcome in Huntington’s model, whereas a critical understanding asks us to concentrate our attention on the way of binding the cultural tradition of China to its modern condition, and to try our best to show a positive prospect of the development of China, which will have a significance of world-history. This prospect demands the following real pre-conditions: (1) a critical consciousness of modernity. (2) The praxis on a level of principle. (3) A creation in philosophy.展开更多
文摘Owing to the effective summary of the world political structure after “cold war”, Samuel Huntington’s model of “the Clash of Civilizations” has aroused so extensive attention with many echoes. however the foundation of this model is non-historical and naturalist——it relies on some double This model not only puts itself in an external opposition to the romantic argument of “the Reconciliation of Civilization”, which is abstract the same, but also totally veils the modern root of the conflict in today’s world. The root lies in the two fundamental supports of modernity——capital and modern metaphysics. “Chinese Seeking Hegemony” was described as a natural outcome in Huntington’s model, whereas a critical understanding asks us to concentrate our attention on the way of binding the cultural tradition of China to its modern condition, and to try our best to show a positive prospect of the development of China, which will have a significance of world-history. This prospect demands the following real pre-conditions: (1) a critical consciousness of modernity. (2) The praxis on a level of principle. (3) A creation in philosophy.