《费城之火》:历史书写与现代性批判①蒋展(四川外国语大学)摘要:当代非裔美国作家约翰·怀德曼的《费城之火》以费城历史上针对非裔“行动”组织的火灾事件为背景,表现了现代性进程下非裔内部的贫富差异,揭示了城市建设中以物质主义为导向与以原始自然为信仰的两种价值观的冲突,并进一步剖析了现代性的“进步”内涵和新一代非裔青年的问题。火灾的实质是非裔内部分化下工具理性与价值理性的冲突,怀德曼的历史书写体现了从非裔种族视角对现代性的批判与反思。Abstract:TakingthehistoricalfireaccidentagainsttheAfricanorganization“MOVE”inPhiladelphiaasthebackground,inhisPhiladelphiaFirethecontemporaryAfricanAmericanwriterJohnWidemandisplaysthegapbetweentherichandthepooramongtheAfricanpeopleintheprocessofmodernity,revealsthecontradictionofthetwovaluesbetweenmaterialism-orientednessandprimitivenaturalbeliefinurbanconstruction,andfurtheranalyzesthe“progressiveness”connotationsofmodernityandtheproblemsofthenewgenerationofAfrican-Americansyoung.ThenatureofthefireistheconflictbetweeninstrumentrationalityandvaluerationalityundertheinternaldifferentiationofAfrican-Americans,andWideman'shistoricalwritingdisplayscriticismofandreflectiononmodernityfromtheperspectiveofAfricanAmericans.关键词:约翰·怀德曼;《费城之火》;历史书写;现代性;火灾KeyWords:JohnWideman;Philadelp...