美国建国者的“知识政治学”  

“The Politics of Knowledge”of the American Founders

作　　者：李剑鸣[1] Li Jianming

机构地区：[1]复旦大学历史学系

出　　处：《世界历史评论》2021年第2期69-100,290,291,共34页The World History Review

摘　　要：美国建国者身处“理性主义”高涨的时代,深信知识和信息的广泛传播不仅使美国政体区别于欧洲的专制统治,而且对于共和国的命运有着至为关键的意义。他们致力于为政治辩论、公共决策和公民生活构建智性基础,不仅在自己的政治生涯中善于调动和运用多种知识资源,而且重视公共图书馆的建设,主张发展公共教育,以培育有知识、有信息的公民,推动美国的共和实验走向成功。他们关于知识的公共属性和政治功用的认识,不仅与“启蒙”时代的思想风气若合符节,而且提升了“启蒙”的意义。Living in the heyday of Rationalism,the American founders believed that the diffusion of knowledge and information not only differentiated the American system of government from the despotic regimes in Europe,but also determined the destiny of the American Republic.Therefore,they endeavored to build up intellectual foundations for political debates,public decision-making,and citizens’public life.They were good at applying various kinds of knowledge to political issues in their public career,and spared no efforts to set up public libraries and to promote public education,in order to cultivate an informed citizenry,and to put the American republican experiment in the track toward success.Their perceptions about the public nature and political usefulness of knowledge were identical with the atmosphere of thinking in the age of Enlightenment,and enhanced the significance of the Enlightenment at the same time.

关 键 词：美国建国者 知识和权力 共和主义 国会图书馆 知识的传播 

分 类 号：G63[文化科学—教育学]