科学中华而不实的作风

by Alexander Herzen, 亚历山大·伊万诺维奇·赫尔岑, 李原 (Translator)

作者亚历山大·赫尔岑（1812—1870），俄国革命民主主义者，俄国民粹主义创始人，政论家、哲学家和作家。本书收入赫尔岑在十九世纪四十年代中所写的四篇哲学论文，着重批判了当时在俄国流传广、影响深的黑格尔唯心主义及其信徒的哲学观点，阐明了哲学的对象和方法的客观基础；论述了古典主义和浪漫主义两股思潮在西欧产生、发展和衰落的过程；并强调了哲学的实践特征和改造现实社会的历史使命，以及哲学同生活、同革命斗争相结合的必要性和重要性。本书对促进俄罗斯思想中唯物主义传统的巩固和发展曾起过重大作用。

116 pages

Published November 1, 1962

About the author

Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Russian: Александр Иванович Герцен) was a Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism", and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki, Socialist-Revolutionaries, Trudoviks and the agrarian American Populist Party). He is held responsible for creating a political climate leading to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. His autobiography My Past and Thoughts, written with grace, energy, and ease, is often considered the best specimen of that genre in Russian literature. He also published the important social novel Who is to Blame? (1845–46).

Reviews

[Solomon Selah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Crap. I now understand where Chinese Marxists' prejudice against Buddhism stems from. Of course, some might argue that Herzin was writing against Hegel's right wing, and Buddhism was merely a metaphor. But I must say, if Herzin did not genuinely understand Buddhism in this way, his critique is utterly powerless.

Beyond this, Herzin's position is clear: science provides a framework for explaining the “universal-necessary”; yet treating science as an end in itself is mistaken. Science must be transformed into action.