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文艺理论研究 ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 16-22.

• 会议专辑：东方视域中的西方美学 • 上一篇    下一篇

文化研究：以形象为方法

李勇   

  1. 苏州大学文学院
  • 出版日期:2014-01-25 发布日期:2014-03-11
  • 作者简介:李勇，苏州大学文学院教授，博士生导师，主要从事文学理论跨文化研究。

Cultural Study by Taking Image as Methodology

Li Yong   

  1. the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Soochow University (Suzhou 215123, China )
  • Online:2014-01-25 Published:2014-03-11
  • About author:Li Yong is a professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Soochow University (Suzhou 215123, China) with main research interest in trans-cultural studies.

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摘要： 以形象为方法的形象研究与以形象为对象的形象研究的根本不同，是以形象为方法的研究不再把形象作为研究客体、将研究的目标聚集于形象本体，而是以形象为切入点展开对形象形成过程与背景的研究，将研究的目标集中在讨论形象形成背后的文化语境。以形象为方法的研究将形象界定为对他者的集体性文化想象。因此，研究他者形象其实是要考察想象主体所面临的文化困境，为想象主体寻找解决自我认同、文化价值和文化战略等方面深层矛盾的方法。以形象为方法的形象研究所采用的具体研究途径就是以感性思维为立足点去辨识形象，以辩证思维为核心手段去探寻形象背后的文化困境，以宏大思维为框架去寻找解决文化困境的最终办法。因此，以形象为方法是一种兼具开放性、深刻性与现实性的学术路径。

关键词: 形象, 文化语境, 他者, 文化想象, 文化建构

Abstract: The essential difference between the study of images that takes images as the object and the study of images that takes images as the methodology lies in that the latter takes the formation and cultural context of images as its research focus. The image-as-methodology approach defines images as the collective cultural imagination about the Other, and this approach, by studying the images about the Other, examines the cultural dilemma behind the imagining Subject and searches for ways to resolve the deep contradictions in the Subject's self-identity, cultural value, and cultural strategy. This approach adopts three strategies by different ways of thinking: firstly, to read images by way of perceptual thinking; secondly, to examine the cultural dilemma behind the images by way of dialectical thinking; and thirdly, to look for ways to defuse the cultural dilemma by way of grand thinking. The image-as-methodology approach attempts an approach that is open while rooted in reality.

Key words: image, cultural context, the Other, cultural imagination, cultural construction