20世纪90年代以来,伴随着中国社会世俗化进程的加剧,知识分子在80年代确立的价值理想遭到无情地嘲弄与瓦解。他们所赖以自我确认的神圣使命、终极关怀等充满悲壮色彩的理想顷刻间化作乌有。在福科、利奥塔等人看来,以“真理与正义之宗师”的身份向公众说话 Since the 1990s, along with the aggravating process of the secularization of Chinese society, the values ​​and ideals established by intellectuals in the 1980s have been ruthlessly mocked and collapsed. The sacred mission to which they depend for their self-determination, the ultimate concern and other ideals full of tragedy are instantaneously eliminated. In the eyes of Foucault, Lyotard and others, they are speaking to the public in the capacity of “the guru of truth and justice.”