知识产权公众阵营之后现代主义倾向

The Postmodernist Approach in the Public-interest Group's View of Intellectual Property

过去数十年间,"公众阵营"与"私权阵营"的对峙是全球知识产权争议的群体性特征。在发达国家,公众阵营挑战私权阵营的策略是解构后者的权力话语嬗变过程。他们认为,自从17世纪以来,欧美的知识产权制度就是由商业权力支配着左右的。虽然后现代主义在诠释全球知识产权困境方面颇有裨益,但如若引入被西方权力话语排除的中国历史文化经验,则后现代主义的思路的视角恐怕就需要调整了。中国的历史经验表明,知识产权的产生不必然是权力话语的结果。因此,批判地对待知识产权的全球不合理扩张,便应当和否定知识产权本身相区别。

One of the major phenomena in the global debates of intellectual property in the last few decades has been the battle between ＂the private right group＂ and ＂the public interest group＂. The public interest group challenges the private right group by deconstructing the latter＇ s progresses in creating power-dominated narratives since the 17th century. This paper depicts the process of this deconstruction and concludes that postmodernism is useful in explaining the global controversies of intellectual property but may need to adjust its perspectives when Chi- na＇ s much valuable but firmly excluded historical and cultural experience is brought into the picture.