Interpreting “Ultimate Concern” in King Lear
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摘要: 自保罗·蒂利希提出“终极关怀”的命题,这常常代表着根本的价值理想。然而蒂利希的进一步讨论,恰恰是针对“自以为义”的神话;弗莱接续这一话题,则干脆是回到截然相反的“初级关怀”。莎士比亚的《李尔王》就此提供了生动的解说:“被作孽多过自作孽”的幻想,其实正是“自我神圣化”和“自我合法化”的虚妄;理性、历史甚至信仰的悖谬,又不断重构“终极”的问题,因为被误以为“终极”的种种追求可能正是“终极”之所以缺失的根本。本文试图将莎士比亚的文本还原于“天下出了乱子”的历史语境,从蒂利希和弗莱的讨论重读《李尔王》,也经由本文的读解为“终极关怀”提供一种文学的解说。Abstract: Since Paul Tillich proposed the idea of "ultimate concern," it has often been presented as the fundamental ethical ideal. However, Tillich's further discussion is precisely aimed at the myth of "self-righteousness";when Northrop Frye continues this topic, he simply returns to the diametrically opposite "primary concern." Shakespeare's King Lear provides a vivid explanation:the illusion that "I am a man more sinned against than sinning" is in fact the vanity of "self-sanctification" and "self-legalization." The paradox of reason, history, and even belief reconstructs the question of "the Ultimate," for it is highly likely that the pursuit of "the Ultimate" is the root of the absence of "the Ultimate" per se. This paper attempts to reinstate Shakespeare's text to the historical context of "things gone wrong." By re-reading King Lear in light of Tillich's and Frye's discussions, it also provides a literary interpretation of the notion of the "ultimate concern" in King Lear.
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