华东师范大学(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2013, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 18-24.

• 20世纪中国社会思潮研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

20世纪中国文化保守主义的理论特征与实践

胡逢祥   

  1. 华东师范大学历史系暨中国现代思想文化研究所,上海,200241
  • 出版日期:2013-11-15 发布日期:2014-02-24
  • 通讯作者: 胡逢祥
  • 作者简介:胡逢祥
  • 基金资助:
    本文系教育部重大攻关项目“20世纪中国社会思潮研究”(07JZD0006)的阶段性成果。

The Theoretical Characteristics and Practice of Chinese Cultural Conservatism in the 20th Century

HU Feng-xiang)   

  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2014-02-24
  • Contact: HU Feng-xiang
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摘要: 文化保守主义是20世纪中国社会转型中最重要的文化建构论之一。理论上,它始终坚持中国现代文化的建设,应在继承和改造传统的基础上展开,以不失民族自身的主体特征为目标,由此与文化激进主义以“西化”为目标的思路形成了鲜明对立。作为一种现代文化思潮,它与一般顽固保守思想根本区别,乃在对传统的继承,是建立在具有现代自觉意识的反思基础上的。从该思潮的代表性流派国粹主义、东方文化派、“学衡派”和现代新儒家等主要活动看,其贡献大多集中在思想理论和现代文化哲学的体系建构领域,在社会实践层面,则殊少成就。这应是该派在现代社会长期被边缘化的重要原因之一。

关键词: 文化保守主义, 理论特征, 思潮与流派

Abstract: The cultural conservatism is one of the most important doctrines of cultural construction during the social transformation in China in the 20th century. Theoretically, it always insists that the construction of modern Chinese culture should be based on inheriting and transforming traditions so as to maintain the main characteristics of the nationality. In this way, the cultural conservatism is completely opposite to the cultural radicalism, which aims at “Westernization”. As a modern cultural thought, the cultural conservatism distinguishes itself from other obstinate conservatisms for its inheritance of the tradition is based on a modern self-consciousness. The performance of its representative schools such as nationalism, the Orient Culture Clique, Xueheng School and modern Confucianism shows that the contribution of the cultural conservatism mainly lies in the systematical construction of theories and modern cultural philosophy rather than in social practice, which explains well why it has been marginalized for a long time in modern society.