“人民”的悖论:阿甘本问题与“群众路线”

The Paradox of the “People”:The Agamben Question and the “Mass Line”

"人民",是政治学的一个核心概念。然而,晚近政治哲学家阿甘本重新提出追问:"人民"到底是什么?阿甘本从思想史与词源学双重角度,指出了存在于"人民"理念中的吊诡。建立在这一分析上,阿甘本认为尽管人民主权是现代政治之正当性根基,然而今天它已经被抽干所有的意义。为了应对"阿甘本问题",本文进一步引入20世纪另一思想资源:"群众路线";并通过具体学理分析指出,"群众路线"的政治学有效地回应了内在于"人民"理念的悖论,在规范的层面上应治了当代政治世界的正当化危机与主权国家框架下的赤裸生命问题。

The concept of ＂people＂ is certainly one of the key political ideas. However, the Italian political philosopher Giorgio Agamben recently raised the question： what is a people？ Through a detailed historical and etymological study, Agamben uncovers a critical ambivalence embedded with the concept of ＂people.＂ Based on this study, he further argues that though serving as the legitimacy base for modern politics, popular sovereignty is however ＂now drained of all meaning.＂ In order to tackle the issues raised by Agamben, in the paper I introduce another intellectual legacy of the Twentieth Century, namely, the theory of the ＂mass line.＂ In this original study I endeavor to demonstrate that the ＂mass line politics＂ is effectively responsive to the paradox of the ＂people,＂ and thus has the normative strength to resolve today＇s ＂legitimation crisis＂ and the issue of ＂bare life＂.