西方协商民主领域中叙事研究的进路与反思

The Research Approach of Narrative and the Reflection in The Field of Deliberative Democracy

协商方式一直是西方协商民主研究的焦点之一。部分协商民主论者在对理性论辩式协商理念深刻反思的基础上,将叙事纳入协商民主话语体系,视叙事为协商方式的另一种选择。作为协商方式的叙事,有着特定的内涵,它对协商民主理想承诺的实现,有着重要作用。在协商民主的理论和实践进入系统方法研究阶段之际,协商民主领域中的叙事研究也迎来新的挑战。

The Form of deliberation has always been one of the focuses in the studies of deliberative democracy.Some deliberative democratic theorists bring the ideal of narrative into the discourse system of deliberative democracy on the basis of the critics of reasoned deliberation.They argue that narrative is another form of deliberation beyond reasoned argument.As a form of deliberation,narrative has special implications.Narrative helps to achieve the ideal commitment of deliberative democracy.When the systemic turn of deliberative democracy arrives,the study of narrative in this field needs to be improved.