胡适文化思想的表面矛盾与内在逻辑

胡适的文化思想存在着明显的矛盾之处,他对中国传统文化时而猛烈批判,时而热烈赞扬。关于中国文明的未来,他既"提倡全盘西化",又强烈要求传统文化的复兴。然而在这些表面矛盾之下,仍然有其内在逻辑。以"价值一元论"为根本的出发点,胡适肯定人类共同的本质和价值追求,并进而确立了人类文化的普遍本质。文化的本质和基本要素都是一样的,中国文化中的优秀成分造就了中国文明过去的辉煌,西洋文化近代以来的核心要素促成了西洋文明当下的先进。这几个观点的相互融合,就是胡适文化思想表面矛盾之下的内在逻辑。

On Hu-Shih's Cultural Thoughts from the Viewpoint of Monism

The point of whether Hu-shih was a supporter of whole Westernization is under discussion.This paper suggests that Hu-shih is an advocator of whole Westernization in the field of cultural development,and this viewpoint is based on Monism.Grounded on Monism,Hu-shih thinks there exists human nature,and thus the essence of dif- ferent cultures is in common because culture essence is decided by human nature.In Hu-shih's opinion,there has a road,with which every nation's culture must go through,and Chinese culture was lagged too much behind Western culture.Deduced from Monism,Hu-shih thinks whole Westernization is the only way of Chinese cultural develop- ment.