我并不从事经济学方面的研究,所以今天我只能从自己的角度去检索西方的文化,思考西方学科跟经济学之间的对话,分享我从思考中得到的启发。从根本上说,我做宗教学、比较文学方面的研究,实际上都是在做比较研究。做宗教学、比较文学一定要找一个参照。我觉得西方经济学中这种参照的例子非常之多,但中国经济学家比较少讨论经济活动与人类精神活动之间可能的关联。我觉得经济学背后有一种更复杂的原因、更复杂的深层语境,包含着更丰富的文化内涵。比如,从宗教学角度来看宗教学与经济学之间的关联,人类学家可以从现代的契约追溯到传统的圣约。我觉得契约从形成过程中就有神 I am not engaged in economic studies, so today I can only retrieve Western cultures from my own perspective, think about the dialogue between Western science and economics, and share the inspiration I have gained from my thinking. Basically, I do religious studies, comparative literature, in fact, are doing comparative research. To do religious studies, comparative literature must find a reference. I think there are so many examples of such references in Western economics, but Chinese economists rarely discuss the possible linkages between economic activity and human mental activity. I think there is a more complicated reason behind economics, a more complicated deep context that contains a richer cultural connotation. For example, from the religious point of view of the relationship between religion and economics, anthropologists can trace from the modern contract to the traditional covenants. I think there is a god in the process of formation of the contract