茶党运动与重铸美国极端保守主义

Tea Party Movement:Remolding Rightest Conservatism in the U.S.

近年来,随着国内经济严重衰退、联邦赤字和国债逐年攀升,茶党运动在美国大地异军突起,对美国社会及政治(尤其在许多保守的选民和共和党人中间)产生不可忽视的影响。作为一场喧嚣的、极具意识形态色彩的政治抗议活动,茶党运动的主要抱负是谋求拯救和改造当代美国社会,重铸极端保守主义在美国政治生活中的主导地位。其主要思想来源乃是传统的保守主义、自由意志论和平民主义。茶党运动积极分子、支持者以及保守的新闻媒体和国会共和党议员,构成这场运动的三股主要力量。他们在政治、经济、社会和对外关系等一系列问题上提出极端右翼保守的主张和看法,谋求把共和党重铸为极端右翼的保守主义政党。具有极端保守主义倾向的茶党运动也谋求对美国政府对华政策施加影响。

In recent years, with its grave economic recession, soaring up of federal budget defi- cits and debts, the Unite States has confronted a revival of tea party movement nationwide, which has been exerting enormous social, political as well as ideological impacts on the nation. The tea party movement aims at rescuing and transforming U. S. society today by remaking righ- test conservatism as dominant ideology in American social and political life. Drawing intellectual sources from traditions of conservatism, libertarianism, and populism, it consists of tea party ac- tivists, advocates, and supporters in social media/think tanks as well as conservative republican lawmakers, who have voiced ultra--conservative ideas and positions in the debates of U. S. public policies including U.S. policy toward China.