这一专题是美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校中国研究课程主任Richard.P.Madsen(赵文词)教授1989年1月10日在上海社会科学院哲学研究所作学术报告时谈到的。他认为,个人主义是一个特殊的概念,它主要是指人的自主状态,它不仅仅可以是一个人,也可以包含着一个小社会。因而,在一定的程度上,个人主义决不等同于自私或自我主义。 This topic was introduced by Professor Richard P. P. Madsen (Zhao Wen Ci), director of the China Studies Course at the University of California, San Diego, USA, on January 10, 1989, in an academic report at the Institute of Philosophy, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. He believes that individualism is a special concept, it mainly refers to the state of human autonomy, it can not only be a person, but also can contain a small community. Thus, to a certain extent, individualism is by no means the same as selfishness or egoism.