Contemporary Significance of Dialectics (A Dialectical Interpretation of "Critique of Dialectical Reason")

Author: Chen Huiping
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Dialectics and ontology are inseparable; the moving historical facts themselves are the concrete content of dialectics. When thought conflicts with reality, the problem always lies on the side of thought. Contemporary society has undergone profound changes under the drive of science and technology, posing challenges to philosophy: First, the overall meaningful worldview no longer exists, leaving a vast vacuum in macro historical discourse. The surge of media information in daily life does not fill this vacuum but obscures it. Second, "ought" cannot be derived from "is." Abandoning technology outside the scope of thought and constructing humanity as the subject can no longer address the new problems of the era. Not updating the temporal and spatial scale of understanding is tantamount to "discussing philosophy in a cage." Third, nature does not simply exist; it generates and perishes. The world is a process. Life is inherent in the evolution of the universe. Without a brand-new "overall framework" and "transcendent perspective," the reconstruction of worldview, life outlook, and values falls short of excellence. To turn challenges into opportunities and crises into turning points, the "critique" of humanistic intellectuals must first target themselves. The essence of discourse is composed of specific powers and serves the speakers, providing them with advantages. The anthropocentrism and mechanistic characteristics in current knowledge production reveal the limitations of human beings. Breaking through these limitations, of course, is not outside the historical movement itself; time is the master of all plots, and the contemporary significance of dialectics is thus revealed. This book is a rethinking of Marx's dialectical philosophy in the context of the present era, with Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason as the platform for this reflection.