从伊斯兰文明看文化自觉

伊斯兰教在伊斯兰文明中占有支配性的地位,伊斯兰文明具有政教合一、复古倾向、文化统一性以及因强大的适应能力导致的多样性和区域化倾向等文化特点。对于中国穆斯林中的回族而言,文化自觉包括对中华文明和儒家文化的研究,对伊斯兰文明的研究,以及对西方文明的研究。对于伊斯兰文明的研究,特别需要关注伊斯兰文明的网络结构以及伊斯兰文明对于当代社会的适应性。文化自觉的意识源自危机和危机感。近代以来中华文明和伊斯兰文明所面临的生存危机,必须从文明内部寻找原因,并从内部和外部全方位寻找解决的办法。在这一过程中,中华文明的文化自觉可以从中国伊斯兰文化和域外伊斯兰文化中受益。

Looking Cultural Consciousness from Islamic Civilization

Islam plays a dominant role in Islamic Civilization, which has some important cultural characteristics, such as the combination of religion and politics, the restoration of ancient ways, cultural unity, and a kind of diversity and localization as a result of cultural adaptability.Among Chinese Muslims, the cultural consciousness of the ethnic group of Hui includes a deeper knowledge of Chinese Civilization and Confucianism, Islamic Civilization, and Western Civilization.Special attention should be paid to the network structure and the adaptability to the modern society of Islamic Civilization.The initiative of cultural consciousness always stems from cultural crisis or the sense of crisis.The real reason of the cultural crisis of either Chinese Civilization or Islamic Civilization should be traced inside the civilization itself, and as a response to the crisis, better ways of development should be seek both inside and outside it.In this process, the cultural consciousness of Chinese Civilization could benefit from Chinese Islamic Culture and the Islamic Cultures outside China.