中国视角平视西方文明:西方文明史教学中的去西方中心论  

On Adopting the Chinese Perspective and De-Western-centrism in Teaching Western Civilization

作　　者：李尚宏[1] LI Shanghong

机构地区：[1]上海外国语大学英语学院

出　　处：《广东外语外贸大学学报》2024年第5期51-61,共11页Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

基　　金：上海外国语大学教材研究项目“英语教材编写中去西方中心论研究——以西方文明史为例”(JCY-2023-6)。

摘　　要：西方文明史已成为高校英语专业核心课程。在“新文科”背景下,它对外语专业课程改革与学生知识体系建设均具有突出意义。该课程20世纪初始于美国大学,美国教材、教法被中国教师广泛借鉴。美国教材自然采用西方立场,而西方文明由于“基因”方面的特质,长期囿于西方中心论,导致诸多偏见与谬误。尽管屡经修正,但美国教材中抬高西方地位、淡化其负面形象的论断、叙事乃至理论仍然俯仰皆是。不仅如此,由于西方长期主导世界话语权,很多谬误往往已经被包括中国学者在内的受众奉为“信史”。发扬中国立场、使用中国视角有利于发现并避开西方中心论的窠臼,有助于我们在教学乃至教材编写中批判性地借鉴美国经验,在客观、公正的前提下汲取西方文明的精华,切实实现文明互鉴。Western Civilization, a newly mandated compulsory course for college English majors, is of special importance in promoting the new curriculum reform and in broadening students' vision. This course first started in USA during WWI and has been a pillar in its college liberal education. In the variety of American course books that have been used in China or translated into Chinese, western centrism abounds as a result of the western perspective. Some biases and fallacies have been detected while most others remain unnoticed since the west has dominated world historic discourse and their narratives have been accepted as orthodox. The Chinese perspective helps in this situation as it provides a different, if not always neutral, standpoint and the Chinese civilization is sophisticated enough to be an analogical contrast. Until we have theories and course books that take the China's stance or adopt a Chinese perspective, awareness of western centrism in American ones is necessary as it is conducive to a critical and balanced understanding of the western civilization.

关 键 词：西方文明史 西方中心论 谬误 中国视角 

分 类 号：G64[文化科学—高等教育学]