Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2004, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 27-34.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2004.06.003

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The Category of Society and Its Axiomatic Ideology in Chinese Consciousness of Modernity

  

  • Received:2004-09-01 Online:2004-11-25 Published:2004-06-25

Abstract:

The establishment of society plays a crucial role in the consciousness of modernity. In modern China the category of society has become another idolatry in the intellectual circles since the nation-state discourse was quitted, and its world outlook basis is the modern conception of axiom. The axiom, displaying itself as public opinion, is an ideology of society per se, legalizing collective wills and desires and drawing individuals' self-identity to their dependence on others in society. Hence, the category of society as well as its ideology of axiom in modern China manifests its characters in tensions with individuals. The criticism of it constitutes another aspect of Chinese consciousness of modernity

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