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上个世纪九十年代,有学者呼吁国人回归五四启蒙传统时,汉语知识界应者寥寥。启蒙在世界范围内已经过时,继续启蒙等于自甘落后,几乎是汉语知识界在世纪末的共识。现在二十世纪已是往事,我则认为,民主、平等、自由等基本的理念还未能切实传达给广大的民众,电视屏幕上涌现出越来越多的帝王形象,普通民众仍在期待强势个体的拯救。许多文本依然将公民称为群众,我们的日常生活、大众文化等还在前现代和现代之间摇摆。在这种生存情境中,有良知的知识分子都不能不追问:
In the 1990s, when scholars called upon the people to return to the May 4th Enlightenment tradition, there should be few Chinese intellectuals. Enlightenment is already out of date in the world. To continue enlightenment equals self-willingness and backwardness is almost the consensus of the Chinese intelligentsia at the end of the century. Now that the twentieth century is a thing of the past, I think the basic concepts of democracy, equality and freedom have not yet been effectively communicated to the general public. More and more emperors have emerged on television screens. The ordinary people are still looking forward to the strong Individual salvation. Many texts still refer to citizens as the masses, and our everyday life, popular culture and the like have also swayed between the pre-modern and the modern. In this kind of living situation, all conscientious intellectuals can not but ask: