索尔·贝娄从关爱现代人的存在状况出发 ,对西方重要的反理性思潮进行了反思 ,并给予批判。他认为 ,存在主义观念导致不健康的人格和生活方式 ,弗洛伊德的理论要对“二十世纪大规模的精神错乱负责” ,而浪漫主义精神则完全置理性于不顾 ,成为情感膨胀的催化剂。在批判的过程中 ,贝娄逐渐形成了自己独特的文化理论———平凡的存在观。 Saul Bellow, starting from caring for the existence of modern people, rethought and criticized the important ideological trend of anti-reason in the West. He believes that existentialist ideas lead to unhealthy personality and lifestyles, that Freud’s theory is “responsible for the mass deconstruction of the twentieth century,” while romanticism is totally irrespective of reason and a catalyst for emotional expansion . In the process of criticism, Bellow gradually formed his own unique cultural theory --- ordinary existential view.