Contemporariness: a common field for dialogue between Chinese, Western and Marxist philosophies

Abstract

如果说当代中国哲学的新开展意味着中国哲学的当代性展开，那么首要的问题就是理解何谓当代性。当代性不是一个历史学的概念，而是一个历史哲学的观念。当代性既不同于现代性，也不同于后现代性，而是在当下生活中的同时发生、同时在场。既然当代中国哲学是中国哲学的当代性展开，这就意味着当代中国哲学乃是在当下生活情境中发生、而且是与当代西方哲学和当代马克思主义哲学同时在场的。这就是三者之间的对话之所以可能的共同场域。 关键词: 中国哲学的当代性 历史哲学观念 同时发生 同时在场 共同场域 If new developments in Chinese philosophy in contemporary China mean displaying the contemporariness of Chinese philosophy, then we need to understand what this term means. Contemporariness is not a purely historical concept but one from historical philosophy. It differs from both modernity and postmodernity, occurring and being present simultaneously with our immediate existing. Since contemporary Chinese philosophy represents the unfolding of Chinese philosophy in its contemporariness, this means that contemporary Chinese philosophy occurs in the circumstances of our immediate existing and is moreover present simultaneously with contemporary Western and Marxist philosophy. This provides the common ground that makes dialogue between them possible.