赵启光生于北京,获中国社会科学院研究生院英美文学硕士学位,美国马萨诸塞大学比较文学博士学位。现为美国卡尔顿学院终身教授,同时兼任同济大学特聘教授、清华大学客座研究员等。
他开创了美国卡尔顿学院中国语言文学部,一直从事汉语言文学、比较文学,以及道家哲学等的教授工作。近30年来,他一直致力于传播中华文化,并成批地将美国学生带回国内交流学习,极大地促成了中美文化的双向交流。
其中文著作有《古道新理——赵启光话讲老子》、《老子的智慧》、《世路心程》、《客舟听雨》、《康拉德小说选》等;英文著作有《中西方龙的研究》(A
Study of Dragon: East and West)、《无为无不为》(Do Nothing and Do
Everything)等。
目錄:
CHAPTER 1 Is the 21st China''s Century?
CHAPTER 2 Ancient Modern Civilization
CHAPTER 3 Confucianism and Taoism: Which Will Lead China?
CHAPTER 4 Is GDP Everything?
CHAPTER 5 Will China''s Culture Thrive?
CHAPTER 6 Transportation:Should the Chinese Live as
Americans?
CHAPTER 7 Nature and Environment
CHAPTER 8 Image of Chinese Cities
CHAPTER 9 Exploring Chinese Food Culture
CHAPTER 10 How Chinese See Themselves and the Outside World
CHAPTER 11 Let''s Embrace Culture Exchanges
CHAPTER 12 China''s Future Development
CHAPTER 13 Dance with "Dragons"
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Their Century Is More Important.
than China''s Century
First of all, I feel I must qualify my following musing by saying
that I do not believe it is possible in any truly legitimate way to
even really try to guess what will happen to China as a nation in
the coming century, or whether China will exert profound enough
influence on history for people in the future
recognize the 21st century as "China''s." We''re only 11 years in.
Way too early to call. In addition, though China definitely has
been industrializing at a remarkable rate in the past 60 years, and
is now undoubtedly one of the most powerful economies in the world,
they face many obstacles in their race to further industrialize,
modernize, and essentially Westernize their society. Furthermore, I
believe that China''s race to "get up to speed" with the powers of
the Western world, while it has succeeded in securing them a much
more influential place in international politics and economics, has
been detrimental to many aspects of Chinese culture, and largely
harmful for the poor and the environment. China must start
structuring its government and economy to preserve and nurture the
natural resources and environmental health of its lands, while at
the same time addressing the numerous social issues associated with
their extremely large and rapidly urbanizing population. If they
cannot find a way to continue economic growth without further
polluting their cities and countryside, I believe China will suffer
extreme internal strife as great damage is done to their water,
air, and agricultural systems.What I truly wish for the Chinese is
that they recognize that
international reputation, strength, and wealth are worth far
lessthan their rich cultural traditions, their beautiful natural
areas, and the health and well being of their people. If they can
protect and value these things, then I am certain at least the
Chinese will call the 21st century "theirs."
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