신시대 중국의 百年變局意識과 ‘告別五四’

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The “great transformation of the century(百年變局),” the “second integration(第二個結合),” the establishment of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics together with the Three Systems (disciplinary, academic, and discourse systems), the construction of an autonomous knowledge system, and the formulation of the “China’s Principle” are mutually interconnected in the following manner. To realize the great transformation of the century, the second integration must be achieved; and the success of the second integration, in turn, depends on the establishment of an autonomous knowledge system. Through such a self-determined knowledge system, China must not only generate “China’s principle” on the basis of Chinese concepts and knowledge, but also refine and present this principle to the world, thereby enhancing the likelihood of realizing the great transformation. While “China’s principle” is rooted in Chinese particularity, it should not remain confined to a China-centered framework; it must attain universality that can be shared globally. If Chinese particularity constitutes the soil and the source, universality serves as the stem and the vital force that extends outward to the world. The ongoing national project of developing philosophy and the social sciences with Chinese characteristics, along with the construction of an autonomous knowledge system, has been facilitating the fusion of particularity and universality. Whether “China’s principle” will ultimately transcend Western modernity to acquire universality, or remain bounded by its own cultural particularity, will be determined in the course of its unfolding. What is clear, however, is that China has begun to compose its own narrative as an active subject in the reconfiguration of the hegemonic and civilizational orders of the 21st century. At the historical intersection of the “great transformation of the century” and the “farewell to May Fourth,” we are witnessing yet another grand experiment in China’s modern history.

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