艾理克 以色列中国中心
Ehrlich, Avrum, Israel China Center
原文Original
Chinese and Jews: Diaspora, Identity and Homeland Relation
Chapter from my recent book Jews, Judaism in Modern China (Routledge, 2009).
A growing and potentially fruitful area of comparative philosophic and social inquiry relates to the study of the respective Jewish and Chinese diasporas. Both Jewish and Chinese identities are subjects of sensitivity and interest. Both are going through transitions. The meaning of being Jewish in an era of secularism, modernity and universalism, against the backdrop of the State of Israel is part of the contemporary Jewish question. The quest for a Chinese identity, as Harvard Yenching Professor Tu Weiming describes “has undergone major interpretive phases in recent decades and is now entering a new era of critical self reflection” . Both deal with many of the same issues in different ways and it is worth understanding and comparing both with a mind that their respective experiences can inform the other.
This paper explores and argues some of the major benchmarks in this process.
译文Translation
中国人与犹太人:流散,身份认同及其与故土的关系
本篇节选自本人新作《犹太人与犹太教在当代中国》(Routledge,2009)。
在比较哲学和比较社会学领域中,针对流散海外的犹太人和中国人的研究正在引起越来越多的关注,并有可能取得更重大的成果。
犹太人和中国人的身份认同问题都是一个敏感而有趣的课题。而且,两者现在皆处于转型期。对于犹太人来说,在这个世俗主义、现代性和普救论盛行的时代,在以色列复国的背景之下,思考作为犹太人的意义,可以说是他们的当务之急。而华人的身份认同如今也有了新的趋向。正如哈佛燕京学社杜维明教授所描述的:“对华人身份的追寻在经过了近几十年的诠释阶段后,正在进入一个批判性自我反思的新阶段” 。犹太人和中国人以不同的方式应对着诸多相同的问题,他们的经验可以互相借鉴。因此,对于犹太人和中国人身份认同问题所做的探讨和比较是具有价值的。
本文探寻并提出了在这样的研究中需要注意的一些重要准则。