Abstract:The multiple meanings of spatial interpretation make the theoretical task of clarifying the mapping of spatial concepts and the axes of evolution particularly important. Three were two types of “mise-en-scène” in the concept pedigre of space in Western philosophy before the 19th century. The first is the “myopic” distortion of spatial absolutism, which uses natural science as a yardstick, focuses too closely on the appearance of objects, and understands space as the form of existence of objects, the “container” that exists before the material entity, and reduces the significance of space to materiality. Secondly, it is the space relativism of “far-sightedness” fantasy, which replaces the concept of “object” with “field”, and projects too far to the subjective imagery, thinking that space is the action field composed of the system of relations between substances. The reduction of space to a juxtaposition of relations or perceptual concepts to the abstract world of mental conception obscures the diversity of relations between things. In order to correct the naturalistic or empirical myopia of space formed by the confrontation between spatial absolutism and spatial relativism, Marx criticized the old materialism and idealism and emphasized the importance of practice in constructing the world, so that the concept of “social space” with practice as the kernel became a new theoretical growth point. Following this, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and other theorists broke the constraints of the traditional interpretation of space, and took human existence as the origin of the foundation for the understanding of space, and the philosophical interpretation of space took a new turn. The paradigm shift of spatial narrative gives theoretical resonance to Chinese-style modernization and urbanization.
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XIE Li-xia. From “Container”, “Place” to “Society”: The Modern Turn of Spatial Narratives in Western Philosophy. , 2023, 40(5): 144-152.