本书主要探讨艾略特（1888-1965）的“秩序理论”，如何从哲学领域转化、运用、实践到其诗学、宗教、文化、社会与创作之中，构成一个密不可分的整体。“秩序理论”是T·s·艾略特众多理论中的一个极其复杂、极其矛盾的核心学说之一，它是理解艾略特的哲学思想、宗教思想、诗学理论和创作活动的重要线索。对各种“秩序”的探讨贯穿了这位“诗人哲学家”的一生：从孩提时候的“神秘幻觉”；“结束小姐与开始先生结婚”；“上先生与下小姐私奔” （Ackroyd22），到年老时的“上升的路就是下降的路，向前的路就是向后的路”；“开始就是结束，结束就是开始”（CP“Four Quartets”189，210，221）。但一系列有关秩序理论的正式出现是在艾略特的博士论文《认知与经验：布莱德利的哲学研究》（1911-1916年完成，1964年出版）中，后来完善于他的诗学和戏剧理论中，并在他的创作中得以印证和实践。艾略特的秩序理论既是一种形而上的哲学与宗教的探讨，也是一个诗学和创作的具体实践过程。艾略特一生在“思”与“诗”之间的不断求索中艰难地摸索着，从哲学秩序到诗学秩序，从宗教秩序到伦理道德秩序，从文化秩序到社会秩序，

Acknowledgements
Abstract（Chinese）
Chapter One Introduction
1.The Importance of the Practicing of Theories
2.Eliot's Social Position as a Philosopher
3.Eliot's Philosophical Research Projects
4.The Necessity of the Research in Eliot's Theory of Order
5.A Brief Introduction to this Study
Chapter Two Eliot's Order from the Philosophical Perspective
1.Epistemological Point of View
1.1 A Dialogue Between Objectivity and Subjectivity
1.1.1 Feeling Connecting Subjectivity with Objectivity
1.1.2 Impression's Connecting Subjectivity with Objectivity
1.1.3 The Finite Center Connecting Subjectivity with Objectivity
1.2 A Dialogue Between“Inner”and“Outer
1.3 A Dialogue Between Reality and Ideality
1.4 A Dialogue Between Past and Future
2.Methodological Point of View
2.1 A Dialogue Between Impersonality and Personality
2.1.1 A Dialogue Between Eliot and Personality
2.1.2 Mind Connecting Personality with Impersonality
2.1.3 Collective-Historical Unconscious Connecting Personality with Impersonality
2.1.4 A Dialogue Between Eliot's Own Personal Emotions and Poetic Experience
2.2 A Dialogue Between Rationality and Irrationality
2.3 A Dialogue Between Criticism and Aesthetics
2.4 A Dialogue Between Classicism and Romanticism
Chapter Three Eliot's Order from the Poetic Perspective
1.Linguistic Point of View
1.1 A Dialogue Between Concrete Words and Abstract Ideas
1.2 A Dialogue Between Words and Meanings
2.Psychological Point of View
2.1 A Dialogue Between Words and Objects
2.2 A Dialogue Between Objects and Sensation
2.3 A Dialogue Between Sensibility and Intelligence
Chapter Four Eliot's Order from the Cultural Perspective
1.Religi OUS Point of View
1.1 A Dialogue Between Mysticism and Scepticism
1.2 A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Religion
1.3 A Dialogue Between God and Man
1.4 A Dialogue Between Man and Nature
1.5 A Dialogue Between Religious Pluralism and Salvation
1.6 A Dialogue Between Fire and Soul
1.7 A Dialogue Between Birth and Death
2.Ethical Point of View
2.1 A Dialogue Between Poetry and Wisdom
2.2 A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Wisdom
2.3 A Dialogue Between Religion and Wisdom
3.CulturalPointOfView
3.1 A Dialogue Between Tradition and Time
3.2 A Dialogue Between Tradition and Language
3.3 A Dialogue Between Objectivity and Tradition
3.4 A Dialogue Between Literature and Tradition
3.5 A Dialogue Between Religion and Culture
3.6 A Dialogue Between Culture and Tradition
Chapter Five Eliot's Order from the Sociological Perspective
1.A Dialogue Between Individual and Community
2.A Dialogue Between Self and the Universe
3.A Dialogue Between Religion and Society
4.A Dialogue Between Culture and Society
5.A Dialogue Between Primitive Rituals and Modem Society
Chapter Six Conclusion
1.A Dialogue Between the Rose-Garden and the Garden of Eden
2.A Dialogue Between Eliot and Order
Works Cited
1.T .S. Eliot's W0rks Cited
2.Eliot's Papers Cited
3.The Other Writers Works Cited
Index