The Relevance of Foreign Literature Studies to Chinese-Style Modernization
The reason why we advocate the construction of a Chinese intellectual system is to serve the Chinese-style modernization.In what way,then,can foreign literature studies serve the Chinese-style modernization?In the course of Western modernization,a great many outstanding literati have brought queries,along with countermeasures,against the social tran-sition which gives rise to various problems.This affords us lessons that merit attention.It is necessary for us,who endeavour to realize Chinese-style modernization,to set great store by art and literature so as to reach for the structure of feeling,namely the fluid social experience,otherwise we may find ourselves stranded on the same old disastrous road taken by Western countries.How can the structure of feeling/the fluid social experience,then,be transformed into knowledge?There are at least two ways in which we can get there:first,by attaching importance to sensus communis brought forth by art and literature;second,by constructing a system of metaphors.
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