激荡风潮:陈嘉庚的现代精神与文化遗产  

Amid Waves and Trends:Tan Kah Kee s Modern Thoughts and Cultural Legacy

作　　者：[马来西亚]游俊豪[1] YOW Cheun Hoe(School of Humanities,Nanyang Technological University,Singapore 639818)

机构地区：[1]南洋理工大学中文系,新加坡639818

出　　处：《南洋问题研究》2024年第3期1-9,共9页Southeast Asian Affairs

摘　　要：陈嘉庚的一生事迹,不但对中国与南洋发挥了重大的双向影响,也体现了中国与世界在经济和社会方面的密切接轨,促进了华人族群传统与现代文明的跨境整合。一方面,他在新加坡发迹起家,成为东南亚经济与商业的翘楚,担任华人社会各类团体的领袖。另一方面,他对中国深度关怀,积极改进社会,参与政治活动。透过现代性与文化遗产两个视角,重新语境化、概念化陈嘉庚作为历史人物的典型意义,以探讨他生平所揭示的现代意识以及所衍生的文化遗产。陈嘉庚一生积极参与中国与南洋两个场域的历史进程,并推动现代经济与教育的发展。在民族思想与国族概念的觉醒浪潮下,陈嘉庚阐释了华人族群的身份认同。陈嘉庚的文化遗产在中国与新加坡得到延续,这表现为陈嘉庚科学奖基金会和陈嘉庚基金的设立,以及一些纪念性的印记与地标。Tan Kah Kee s life impacted both China and Southeast Asia,reflecting China s close connections to the world economically and socially,and integrated ethnic Chinese tradition with modernity across various territories.On one hand,after his ascendance in Singapore,Tan became an outstanding figure in economic and commercial sectors in Southeast Asia and a leader for many social organizations among ethnic Chinese communities.On the other hand,he was deeply concerned with China,where he actively improved social conditions and participated political movements.With the aim to contextualizing and conceptualizing Tan as a historical figure,this article explores modernity elements evinced in his life and cultural legacy he entailed.First,it concisely reviews the concepts of modernity and cultural legacy,in the hope of applying these to study Tan s life and influences.Second,it uncovers how Tan joined the historical trajectories in China and Southeast Asia,the two sites where he pushed forward modern economic and education developments.Subsequently,it explores how amid rising ethnic and national awareness Tan helped shaping ethnic Chinese identity and identification.Lastly,it demonstrates how Tan s cultural legacy continues in China and Southeast Asia,through the Tan Kah Kee Science Award Foundation,the Tan Kah Kee foundations,and commemorative objects and landmarks.

关 键 词：陈嘉庚 华侨华人 现代性 文化遗产 

分 类 号：K827[历史地理—历史学]