Contemporariness: a common field for dialogue between Chinese, Western and Marxist philosophies

摘要

: If new developments in Chinese philosophy in contemporary China mean displaying the contemporariness of Chinese philosophy, then we need to understand what this term means. Contemporariness is not a purely historical concept but one from historical philosophy. It differs from both modernity and postmodernity, occurring and being present simultaneously with our immediate existing. Since contemporary Chinese philosophy represents the unfolding of Chinese philosophy in its contemporariness, this means that contemporary Chinese philosophy occurs in the circumstances of our immediate existing and is moreover present simultaneously with contemporary Western and Marxist philosophy. This provides the common ground that makes dialogue between them possible.