《旗与歌——在北大的六次对话》是北大中文系所开设的学术讨论课的课堂实录。在高度商业化的今天,大学的思想空气也理所当然地稀薄起来。提问的兴致、研究的冲动、言说的激情越来越被限制在一个极小的范围里面。即便是在离世俗很远的大学里面,问题中人、性情中人、孤独中人也实在是难以寻见了。其实,在任何一个时代,“纯学者”都只是一种理想,一个幻影而已,即使是自 “Flag and Song - Six Dialogues at Peking University” is a class lecture recorded in the academic discussion class opened by the Chinese Department of Peking University. In today’s highly commercialized world, the mind of the university is also naturally lean. The interest of asking questions, the impulse of research, and the passion of speech are increasingly confined to a very small area. Even in universities far away from the world inside, the problems of people, temperament, loneliness is really hard to find. In fact, in any era, “pure scholars” are just an ideal, an illusion only, even from the