古希腊罗马文明的地中海文明属性——关于欧洲文明连续性神话的审视  

Mediterranean Civilizational Attributes of Ancient Greco-Roman Civilization——An Examination of the Myth of European Civilizational Continuity

作　　者：韩震[1] Han Zhen

机构地区：[1]北京师范大学,北京100875

出　　处：《中国社会科学》2024年第10期59-76,205,206,共20页Social Sciences in China

摘　　要：从古希腊罗马到现代欧洲,欧洲文明连续性的叙事是19世纪以来欧洲学术界构造的神话。该神话通过扩大古希腊罗马文明与西亚北非等其他地中海文明之间的差异性和断裂性而弱化其关联性,遮蔽西亚北非文明对古希腊罗马文明的影响,夸大古希腊罗马文明与近代西欧或大西洋文明之间的连续性和共同性;通过贬低东方民族的文明,抬高古希腊罗马文明从而进行欧洲特性的构建,并进而将现代发展起来的欧洲特性描述成西方的普遍性特征。实际上,在中世纪之前,古希腊罗马与西亚北非等地中海文明之间的文化共同性、近缘性和连续性要远远超过与西欧的文化联系。在世界百年未有之大变局之际,建构符合时代要求的自主知识体系,必须彻底摆脱西方中心主义的叙事结构。The narrative of European civilizational continuity from Ancient Greece and Rome to modern Europe is a myth constructed by European academia in the 19th century.This myth weakens the connections between ancient Greco-Roman civilization and other Mediterranean civilizations in Western Asia and North Africa by exaggerating their differences and discontinuities,thereby overshadowing their influenceon Greco-Roman civilization,and magnifying thecontinuity and commonality between Greco-Roman civilization and modern Western European or Atlantic civilizations.The construction of a European identity through both the devaluation of Eastern civilizations and the exaltation of Greco-Roman civilization,and the subsequent description of the European identity,developed in modern times as a universal characteristic of the West.In reality,before the Middle Ages,the cultural commonality,affinity,and continuity between Ancient Greece and Rome and other Mediterranean civilizations in West Asia and North Africa far exceeded their cultural ties with Western Europe.At a time of unprecedented changes in the world,building an independent knowledge system that meets the requirements of the times necessitates thoroughly breaking away from the narrative structure of Westerncentrism.

关 键 词：古希腊罗马文明 地中海文明 文明连续性 西方中心主义 

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