爱因斯坦:麦卡锡时期的自由斗士

Albert Einstein:a Fighter against McCarthyism

20世纪50年代初,随着美国反共浪潮影响的增大,越来越多的知识分子受到了麦卡锡主义的迫害。爱因斯坦基于自己独立的道德判断力,公开发表言论支持与鼓励知识分子与麦卡锡主义作斗争,他的言行产生了广泛而深远的影响。本文论述了弗劳恩格拉斯事件、夏多维茨事件以及管子工事件等代表性事件的经过与影响,描述了这位著名科学家在那个特殊的历史时期表现出的不畏强权、敢于伸张正义的高尚品德。

At the beginning of 1950s, more and more intellectuals became victims of McCarthyism because of the red scare in the United States. Based on his independent moral judgment, Einstein considered it his duty to resist McCarthyism, and he published his words to encourage intellectual to do so. This essay elaborates some representative events and their influence, such as William Frauenglass, and Albert Shadowitz, which embody Einstein＇ s lofty morality.