历史不是线性发展的——析“第三等级”在现代化中的作用

HISTORY IS NOT LINEAR DEVELOPMENT——ON THE "THIRD GRADE" IN MODERNIZATION

经过商品经济的充分发展,就会形成所谓的市民社会(即第三等级),而第三级发展壮大后又必然会提出他们在政治上的要求——消除专制政治,实行民主政治。这种历史发展的逻辑得到了学术界的普遍认同,也大体符合历史发展的实际。同时,这三者之间又不存在着简单的线性发展关系,这一逻辑也需要经过修正才能适用于像中国这样典型的外生型现代化国家。

After the full development of commodity economy, the so-called civil society （third grade） will form, and the third grade will put forward their political requirements eliminating the despotism, developing democracy. The logic of history development has been generally accepted in academic circles, and it is also consistent with the actual situation of historical development. At the same time, between the three there is no simple linear relationship, this logic also need to be modified to apply to such as China which is typical exogenous modernization country.