On Babbitt Understanding Of Chinese Culture And Its Impact

Irving Babbitt As the 20th century new humanism representative,have Foresighted the Western culture crisis, throughing historical and reality analysis, he Draws the conclusion that the 20th century West culture crisis's root lay in the pan-sentiment humanitarianism and scientific humanitarianism being in vogue. Francis Baco and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are these two big ideological trend setters, Francis Baco exaggerating person conquers the natural strength infinitely, Jean-Jacques Rousseau Causes the people to pursue the emotion desire excessively, These two kind of ideological trends are to thing overemphasizing with to person own forgetting. This kind of humanitarianism can be said that it is separated from the human finally, can be said anti-humanitarianism. However, when exploring a way what can go out the crisis, Irving Babbitt proposing that Controls the desire, Returning to the traditional culture , seeking the theory of the Saint as Support, to Overcomes the modern culture the crisis. In sought traditional process, Babbitt see the Chinese culture. Thought Occupies the Chinese culture outside the historical reality, But through to Chinese tradition classics reading, and exchanged with Chinese student's exchange, what Causes him to pay attention to China's realistic question throughout, He has not left China's historical apparent threshold to the Chinese culture's understanding. So, the theory of Babbitt s not the tradition understands likely such does not have the reasonable place, but Have him regarding modern culture crisis's seeing clearly.This article Thought's research embarks to Irving Babbitt from it to the Chinese culture's understanding and to the Chinese present age culture influence's angle of view, Unifies the domestic and foreign dialog jade Germany thought research the achievement, In elaborates Bai Bide in the new humanism thought foundation, Unearthing him about China traditional culture viewpoint. Although Babbitt has the deviation to the Chinese culture's understanding, But was still to the Chinese culture ethical value excavation, Treating the traditional culture for us to provide a good angle of view correctly. This article attempts to break through some people to its thought misregistration, Unearths its thought the rationality and foresightedness, Shows Babbitt the thought to the Chinese culture influence, Providing for the Contemporary China culture uses for reference.