美国政治文化的特点:从托克维尔到福山

The Characteristics of American Political Culture: from Tocqueville to Fukuyama

美国政治文化的特点是托克维尔的《论美国的民主》与福山所著《历史的终结及最后之人》两部名著的共同论域。福山在托克维尔的基础上,将自由民主上升到普世原则的高度,并因此构成了"历史的终结"。但美国现实中存在的严重经济不平等使二者所论都面临挑战。

The characteristics of American political culture is a common discourse domain in Tocqueville＇s ＂Democracy in America＂ and Fukuyama＇s ＂The End of History and the Last Man＂. On the basis of Tocqueville, Fukuyama promotes the liberal democracy to the universal principle, and therefore constitutes ＂the end of history＂. But the reality of serious social inequalities in American make Tocqueville and Fukuyama face challenges.