希腊城邦的公共空间与政治文化

The Public Sphere and Political Culture of Greek City States

从公共空间的视角 ,对古希腊的神庙、剧场、运动场等公共建筑及其空间进行历史的解读 ,可以看到它们所传载的公共活动———无论是宗教崇拜活动还是社会与文化活动———都是城邦政治活动的一部分 ,因而体现出城邦政治的开放性与民主性。而且 ,公共空间的主导性与私人空间的次要性 ,也体现了城邦政治中民主高于自由这一不同于现代西方自由民主制的重要特征。

A historical interpretation of public buildings such as temples, theaters and stadiums and their spaces in ancient Greece from the perspective of public sphere reveals that the public activities taking place there, either religious or social and cultural, all constituted part of political activities of a particular city state and reflected the openness and democracy of its politics. Further, the dominance of public sphere and the less importance of private sphere pointed to the predominance of democracy over freedom in the political life of city states, an important difference from the free democracy of the present West.