It is further argued that in this age of late modern exhaustion the critical thrust of modernity is best represented by liberalism, which serves as a bulwark of post-metaphysical sobriety against all sorts of conservative/ romantic regressions.

• 值此各类传统势力甚嚣尘上、种保守意识正忙著提供兴奋剂与避风港之际，正视现代性的严峻要求，乃是维持社会改造的动能、护社会进步远景的重要一步。