Abstract：The Chinese path to modernization is different from the modernization model of any country or region in the past. It has the common characteristics of modernization of all countries, as well as Chinese characteristics based on national conditions. Therefore, the interpretation of the Chinese path to modernization needs to break through the previous interpretation framework of Western modernity and construct and interpret neo-modernity. This has important theoretical and practical values for accurately interpreting the Chinese path to modernization, innovating the theoretical system of the Chinese path to modernization, and promoting the practice of the Chinese path to modernization. It has important practical enlightenment for promoting the development of world modernization and the construction of a new form of human civilization.The construction of the neo-modernity of the Chinese path to modernization should first learn from and surpass the discourse system of Western modernity. On the one hand, neo-modernity is an unfinished form of modernity, emphasizing the theoretical applicability between modernity and neo-modernity, and achieving absorption and reference to the discourse system of Western modernity by adhering to the three positions of modernity, postmodernism, and reflective modernity. On the other hand, neo-modernity is essentially a socialist modernity that transcends capitalist modernity. While recognizing the universal significance of modernity, we should also take into account China’s national conditions. The previous interpretation framework of modernity based on Western modernization cannot effectively explain the Chinese path to modernization, which achieved the transcendence of the discourse system of Western modernity.The construction of the neo-modernity of the Chinese path to modernization must achieve the inheritance and development of Marx’s critical theory of modernity. In Marx’s critical theory of modernity, “diagnosis-criticism-construction” constitutes a logical chain of modernity criticism. Marx’s criticism of capitalist modernity is based on the premise of diagnosis of capital and guided by the construction of socialist modernity. The construction of the neo-modernity of the Chinese path to modernization should also be carried out in the Marxist logic of “diagnosis-criticism-construction”, which is the basic logic that the construction of the neo-modernity needs to follow.The neo-modernity construction of the Chinese path to modernization should also be based on the Chinese field and explore the “Chinese gene” in the Chinese road, Chinese model, and Chinese civilization. Firstly, the Chinese road has achieved a great leap forward from the new democratic revolutionary road with Chinese characteristics to the socialist construction road with Chinese characteristics, and then to the new road of the Chinese path to modernization, showing a dialectical development process from “revolutionary modernity” to “construction modernity” to “reform modernity” and then to “neo-modernity”. The second is that the Chinese model achieves model innovation through reference, criticism, reflection, and transcendence of the Anglo-American model, the Soviet model, the Nordic model, the Latin American model and the East Asian model. The third issue is the modernity of Chinese civilization, which is the foundation of civilization for the possibility of neo-modernity.Based on the triple logic of constructing neo-modernity mentioned above, a framework for interpreting neo-modernity is ultimately formed. The first is the theoretical form of neo-modernity. Neo-modernity has achieved a leap forward from instrumental rationality to practical rationality, from individuality to commonality, and from civilization conflicts to new forms of human civilization. The second is the fundamental nature of neo-modernity, including adhering to the comprehensive leadership of the Party and putting the entire people at the center. The third is the practical characteristics of neo-modernity, including diversified coordination, overall promotion, diverse narrative, and so on.
段治文, 张晓委. 中国式现代化的新现代性建构与阐释[J]. 浙江大学学报(人文社会科学版), 2023, 53(12): 17-30.
Duan Zhiwen, Zhang Xiaowei. Neo-modernity Construction and Interpretation of the Chinese Path to Modernization. JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, 2023, 53(12): 17-30.
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