华东师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (2): 7-16.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2025.02.002

• “文明的标准与国际法”笔谈 • 上一篇    下一篇

在“安德森叙事”中阅读西方文明内在批判的宝贵潜力

童世骏   

  • 接受日期:2025-02-26 出版日期:2025-03-15 发布日期:2025-04-01
  • 作者简介:童世骏，华东师范大学哲学系教授（上海，200241），上海纽约大学校长（上海，200126）

Reading the Valuable Potential of Inherent Critique within Western Civilization in the “Anderson Narrative”

Shi-jun Tong   

  • Accepted:2025-02-26 Online:2025-03-15 Published:2025-04-01

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摘要：

英国历史学家佩里·安德森通过对西方世界主导的国际法的理论和实践的历史梳理，不仅告诉我们作为事实概念的某个“文明”是如何界定作为价值概念的“文明”含义的，而且在揭示文明与野蛮辩证法的同时，展示了“讲理”与“不讲理”之间的奇特结合。我们只有带着对叙事的讲者语境和听者语境两方面的高度敏感性，才能从这样一个“安德森叙事”中得到尽可能多的阅读收获，并让这种收获去对接为人类创造一种新文明的历史机遇。

关键词: 国际法, 文明, 讲理, 学习, 批判, 语境

Abstract:

Through combing the history of the theory and practice of international law dominated by the Western world, British historian Perry Anderson not only elucidates how a certain “civilization” as a factual concept defines the meaning of “civilization” as a value concept, but also reveals the peculiar blend of the “reasonable” and the “unreasonable” in uncovering the dialectics of civilization and barbarism. It is only with a keen sensitivity to both the speaker’s and the listener’s contexts within the narrative that we can extract the maximum benefit from such an “Anderson narrative.” This accomplishment can subsequently aid in seizing the historical opportunity for establishing a new civilization for mankind.

Key words: international law, civilization, reasonable, study, critique, context