2002年,詹姆逊来华访问时,以《单一的现代性》的前言为基础的演讲(当时该书尚未出版),在我国曾引起一些争论,有人甚至提出了严厉的批评。究竟如何看待詹姆逊对现代性的论述?这篇文章或许可以为我们提供一些借鉴。文章作者是巴西人,其境遇与我们的大致相似。文章阐述了为什么谈现代性,如何对待现代性,以及如何对现代性进行理论阐述。 When Jameson visited China in 2002, a speech based on the preface to “a single modernity” when the book was not published at the time had aroused some controversy in our country and some even put forth harsh criticisms. How to treat Jameson’s discussion of modernity? This article may provide us with some reference. The author of this article is Brazilian, whose situation is similar to ours. The article elaborates why modernism is treated, how modernity is treated, and how to elaborate the theory of modernity.