激进民主:马克思政治理论域中的民主问题

Radical Democracy:The Democratic Problem in Marxist Political Theory Horizon

民主是当代普遍认同的核心政治目标和政治价值。在漫长的历史发展中,民主由“人民主权”演变成西方资本主义政治体制和意识形态的代名词。自20世纪80年代在西方学术界兴起的激进民主思潮,为关于民主的讨论重新注入活力。其中,以拉米斯为代表的激进观点,主张拒绝一切对民主的修改和限定,重新回归民主的“人民主权”本意。这一主张接近青年马克思对民主的激进理解,显示出激进民主思潮与马克思政治思想之间深刻而复杂的传承关系。

Democracy is a commonly agreed core political goal and political value. During the long historical development, democracy has changed from ＂people＇s sovereignty＂ to a symbol of political system as well as ideology in Western capitalism. Radical democracy orientation thrived in Western theory field in 1980s has refreshingly injected vitality into democracy discussion, among which C. D. Lummis is a representative who rejects all the limitation as well as modification about democracy, instead, returning to the original meaning of ＂people＇s sovereignty ＂. This view is similar to the view of youth Marx about radicals of democracy, which suggests the deep and complex heritance between the orientation of radical democracy and Marxist political thoughts.