印刷出版业与资本主义的初期发展

The Printing Press and the Early Development of Capitalism

印刷出版业与资本主义初期发展之间存在着紧密的互动关系。新教和科学人文主义是资本主义得以确立和发展的必要条件,而印刷出版业在新教和科学人文主义的传播和发展中起着重要的作用,且印刷出版业对资本主义初期发展有间接的协助关系。除了间接关系之外,印刷出版业本身也就是资本主义发展的一部分,并为摧毁封建主义和促进资本主义的初期发展起到了直接的作用。

This article discusses the close interaction between the printing press and the early development of capitalism from three aspects. It is known that Protestantism and sciencc humanism are the necessary condition of establishment and development of capitalism. So, the important roles of printing press in the communication and development of the Protestantism and science humanism are discussed in the first two sections. In addition to the indirect relationship between the printing press and the early development of capitalism, as one of the components of capitalism, the printing press had played a direct role in destroying the feudalism and establishing capitalism.